Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Smallholder Sally Coulthard shares how to plant a woodland, with winter being the best time to get planting, as well as the ...

Fall arrives next week, and as you may have read several times in this column, fall is the best time for planting perennials, shrubs and trees. If you intend to install any new plants, go ahead and ...

Arbor Day was first celebrated on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. The conversation surrounding climate change action can often feel too lofty for individuals to have a measurable impact, but on this Arbor ...

Birch trees are adored for their light foliage and peeling bark. While most people think of the white bark varieties, there are birch trees with gorgeous bark in shades of orange, red, or yellow, too.

Q. (My) birch tree, planted many years ago, has never really grown full. In the spring, it will get tiny green leaves but (it’s) still very airy and not full foliage. We’ve been told not to prune it.

SEQUIM — Sequim Public Works will observe Arbor Day at noon Friday. The city will plant six clumping birch trees in Pioneer Park, 387 E. Washington St.. The celebration recognizes Sequim’s designation ...