By Pam Rosendal, Colorado Master Gardener. By all reports, the number of people engaged in birdwatching has doubled in recent years. Research finds that birdwatchers feel less str ...

Submitted Photo Tree reproduction is in full swing, left to right, chokecherry, northern catalpa and Meyer spruce. Photo from NDSU Extension. A few years ago, I picked up beekeeping as a hobby. To be ...

Wild cherry trees are often popular sources of food for wildlife. Perfectly tart and delightfully abundant, sour cherry tree varieties will be your new summer favorite. Over 50 years ago, my friend ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Clones of the scraggly, beloved cherry blossom tree felled two years ago in the nation’s capital have flowered for the first time this ...

“Some quiet evening, I sit by your side and we’re lost in a world of our own,” – Ben Raleigh and Sherman Edwards It was that instant mashed potato flake kind of snow – soft and fluffy, and it was ...

The recent foggy days with temperatures in the 20s and 30s were not what we expect to experience during this month. But the morning walks still had a lot to offer. The stillness of this calm foggy ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

The Sunday Music Drop is a weekly radio series hosted by the KQED weekend news team. In each segment, we feature a song from a local musician or band with an upcoming show and hear about what inspires ...

Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana, is widely distributed throughout southern Canada and much of the United States. Chokecherry often forms mixed stands with other tall shrubs. In the western United ...

Fargo marked Arbor Day on Monday, Sept. 15, with a tree planting at the Public Works Facility after earning Tree City USA status for the 48th time. Mayor Tim Mahoney issued an Arbor Day proclamation ...

State officials have barred the import, transport and sale of two fast-growing invasive species that were once popular garden ornamentals but have now wreaked havoc on natural vegetation. The Alaska ...

Black bears love chokecherries and with their powerful sense of smell they can detect the ripe fruit from miles away. One of the most notable shrubs in Rocky Mountain National Park, chokecherries are ...