Taxus, commonly known as yew, stands as perhaps the most versatile evergreen for formal garden structures. Its dense, dark ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...

If you bought a live pine tree for Christmas, you may be thinking about planting it in your yard. Here in Tucson we are in Sunset Zone 12. Most pine trees that do well in our desert are imports from ...

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Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Few sights are more welcome in an Ohio winter than ...

What: Who is not impressed by the beauty and toughness of this versatile Pacific Northwest native pine? Pinus contorta var. contorta, commonly known as shore pine, will grow in almost any location ...

Photomorphogenesis is a conspicuous feature in conifers. In the case of the shade-intolerant Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), control of stem growth by light is well expressed at the seedling stage ...

Dwarf pine (Pinus mugo) is a successful pioneer tree, but also an invader of the subalpine belt in Central-European mountains. In the Hrubý Jeseník Mts. (Czech Republic), dwarf pine was introduced at ...