The corkscrew willow, also known as the curly willow, is a fast-growing but short-lived tree known for its kinked foliage ...

In the wrong location, a willow can be the messiest of all trees. Even growing in standing water, a willow can keep you busy cleaning up a shower of twigs and branches. Still, in the right spot ...

To ensure a productive tree, nurseries attach part of one tree to another recommended for growing fruit. This is called grafting, allowing you to benefit from the healthy rootstock of one tree and ...

Although it likes moist soils, willow weed also needs soil to be well-aerated for optimal growth. It is a summer annual, dying off in late autumn. As suggested by its name, the leaves of willow weed ...

The weeping willow (Salix babylonica) is part of the Salicaceae family and is a medium to large sized deciduous tree with rapid growth but short lived. The branches of the weeping willow are pendant ...

The term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall. It makes the tree easier to prune and the fruit easier to pick. This decorative method was often used ...

is a fast growing crop species, perfect for producing timber for cricket bats – with an even grain, strong and durable. Ten willow trees have been felled at Thorpe Meadows with the same number ...

Willow bark comes from the branches of 2- to 3-year-old willow trees. Willow trees and shrubs grow worldwide, except in Australia and Antarctica. Varieties of willow bark include: Salix purpurea ...

We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests inhabited by fantasy and also by our fears. In fable and legend, a forest shelters spirits, witches ...

A ragged blanket of coastal fog in northern California’s Humboldt Redwoods State Park nurtures old giants alongside smaller second-growth trees outside the park. Redwoods depend on fog for more ...

Oct. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests of Madagascar. Their strange, high-pitched whistling calls sound more ...