May is the greening month. We begin with trees bare of the new foliage, but by the end of the 31 days, the lengthening sunlight, warmer temperatures and ample rainfall give us a forest full of new ...

Molnar, also renowned for his hazelnut breeding program, displayed the dogwood varieties to visitors at the Rutgers ...

Beach plums ( Prunus maritima) won't get to be very large, which means they can work well in smaller yards as a showpiece.

There are many flowering shrubs and trees either in bloom or just beginning to bloom right now around Southwest Florida.

Few spring flowering trees bloom as prolifically as the crabapple ... A sure sign that winter is nearing its end comes when ...

Bright flowers are yellow with red tinges, though there are red-flowering cultivars available. Witch-hazel can be grown as a shrub or a small tree and offers some yellow/orange/red fall color. It’s ...

A branch of hazel (or hazelnut) in late April. Note that the two catkins (male flowers) are yellow with pollen. The small red flower is the female part (stigma).

There are many flowering shrubs and trees either in bloom or just beginning to bloom right now around Southwest Florida. Several people have asked me about the pretty pink trees blooming in the ...