While bold evergreens can add lovely blue-green shades to your yard, and many maples turn delightful colors in the fall, there's nothing quite like the burst of flowers from a flowering tree. If you ...

Over the past several weeks I have been enjoying going out into my yard and see­ing the various trees not only offering welcoming shade, but also beautiful flowers, which began blooming in the early ...

Crape myrtle The "lilac of the South" gets its name from its crinkly, crepelike flowers and from foliage that resembles the true myrtle. Although native to China and Japan, crapes carry on here as if ...

What joy it has been to see trees flowering this season. In March, some witch hazels were spotted with yellow or orange flowers, and throughout April one species after another opened its blossoms in ...

Autumn is also the best time to select trees for fall color. Foliage color can vary between individual trees, which is why ...

In the midst of blooming flowers, several trees are blossoming across the region. Missouri Department of Conservation is encouraging people to get outside to see the flowering trees and shrubs that ...

Among the most brilliant of flowering trees are those in the Fabaceae, or legume, family of plants. Imagine, for example, a tree with long golden chains of five-petaled flowers, so profuse that they ...

Parsley hawthorn trees grow to about 15 to 20 feet tall. Clusters of white flowers appear in March or April and are soon followed by the foliage, which looks like flat Italian parsley, hence the ...

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

Redbuds are deciduous trees adored for their pink or white spring flowers and unique heart-shaped leaves. Pruning helps keep ...