Seeing a pine pollen cone, oak catkin or sower gall once each year is enough to continue to marvel at their beauty, unique ...

The trees I’m showing you today were not the trees the older cats who I drank with at the Carolina Coffee Shop 30 years ago ...

As we exit May, we can look out on a green foliated forest. The trees that began the month bare are now nearly complete in wearing their leafy attire. It began with the small shrubs of elderberry and ...

In early spring, when many overwintering insects begin to emerge, they need a readily available source of nourishment to ...

It does well in a lot of different sites. It’s got beautiful pink flowers right now, [and] it’s a native tree. Or, one that I might have climbed. Then, I say the White Oak tree. Nothing is more ...

Smell the flower and you will invariably have a dab of yellow pollen on the tip of your nose. There are jokes about the plant ...

To help with your spring plant-selecting, here's a collection of plants that have won assorted awards for the 2025 growing season.

The bigleaf hydrangea can grow well in both acidic and alkaline conditions. For many cultivars, soil pH determines the color ...

It's that time of the year when certain hydrangeas bloom. There are 30 different types of hydrangeas for sale. Here are the five most common types.

Learning about Douglaston’s flora and fauna is a walk in the park for kids who participate in Alley Pond Environmental Center ...

You won't have to wait long to attract a range of pollinators to your yard with any of these rapidly-growing trees. They'll ...

Washington Post readers share photos and stories about giving up their lawnmowers and letting their lawns grow.