Flowering cultivars are grafted, says Watkins, and their root stocks can be large and aggressive despite the tree's small stature. This is why it is important to "use caution when planting near ...

One of the great springtime pleasures is seeing cherry trees in full, glorious bloom. These mostly ornamental trees are native to Japan, China and Korea. The species has more than 120 cultivated ...

This tree may have beautiful white flowers, but it's considered invasive in many states and will outcompete native trees.

As I drive around town I keep seeing flowering cherry trees in bloom in landscapes. Every time I see one, I want to stop and take a picture, they are just so beautiful. There are numerous varieties of ...

The fate of two double rows of flowering cherry trees that line the Capitol Park Mall in front of Oregon’s capitol building in Salem will be determined at the end of April, when civil engineers hired ...

A welcome sight each spring, cherry trees provide some of the first blossoms of the season. Fragrant, single- or double-flowers cover the small tree’s leafless branches. There are two groups of cherry ...

If Atlanta is the City of Trees, then Cobb County is too by extension. Matter of fact, Cobb has an extension agent in the area of home horticulture and I consulted him recently about a dying tree I ...

Grafting is a horticultural technique used to vegetatively join the top of one plant to the base of another to the type of fruit we’re wanting but on a smaller tree. On grafted dwarf fruit trees, the ...

The Oregon Capitol’s famous flowering cherry trees are safe. A months-long study to determine whether the trees’ roots might be causing damage to the roof of the state's underground parking structure ...