Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) is not an actual pine tree, despite the name. Rather, these plants are a relative of the monkey puzzle tree. It is often cultivated as a landscape tree in ...

These native conifers can grow even in poor, rocky soil. The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova Jack pine is a tree that cannot be tamed—this small to medium-sized evergreen grows its own way and takes over ...

Many in this region are blessed with an abundance of mature native and introduced pine trees. While these are amazing for privacy, year-round interest and the familiar feel of Colorado at home, they ...

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 ...

GRAYLING, MICH. -- Despite its recovery from the endangered species list, the tiny Kirtland’s warbler still needs some help from humans. Volunteers are needed this spring to help plant pine trees for ...

The scent of pine is one of the hallmarks of this happy time of the year. Perhaps that’s what inspires so many homeowners to plant pine trees in their yards. “Unfortunately, many of them don’t do very ...

Longleaf pine trees can grow as tall as 100 feet and live for more than 300 years. In Florida, where they are native, they provide habitat for red-cockaded woodpeckers, black bears and gopher ...

We are near the summer solstice: the first day of summer. With sunrise at 5:15 a.m. and the sun setting at 9:06 p.m., daylight is longer than any other day of the year (nearly 16 hours at this ...