Winter can be harsh on trees that have been planted within the last five years. Learn how to give young trees the special ...

If you’ve ever planted a young tree, you know how much care they need, especially when cold weather rolls in. Winter brings freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and sudden temperature swings that can ...

Rabbits and rodents can cause injury to the thin bark and twigs of young trees. When snow covers food sources normally sought during winter, these animals often move into home lawns in search of food.

Got young trees growing in your garden and live in a cold climate? Protecting your saplings from winter sunscald is essential ...

Bracing for a mass cicada emergence in the next few weeks, tree experts and horticulturists from The Morton Arboretum provided a step-by-step demonstration Tuesday of how people can net their young or ...

Q: My dad helped me plant a couple of young apple trees in my backyard last weekend and so far, so good. After we finished I said the only thing I had left to do was paint the trunks white. He looked ...

Without protection, certain fruit trees are susceptible to frost damage. As fall settles in and temperatures start to drop, safeguarding fruit trees from frost becomes an essential responsibility for ...

Very soon now, billions of cicadas will be singing in the trees and flying around yards, parks and forest preserves in the Chicago region. “We’ve already seen a few of the 17-year periodical cicadas ...

Chicago-area gardeners can look forward to a spectacular natural event this May, as periodical cicadas emerge for the first time in 17 years. The good news: Seventeen-year cicadas are harmless to ...