In Appalachia, spring doesn’t just arrive — it creeps in slowly, teasing warm days before pulling back with a late frost.

With its small pink flowers, this tree is one of the first brilliantly colored signs of spring in Michigan. The eastern ...

Add an eastern redbud tree to your yard for a stunning springtime show! Here's how to care for this small ornamental native ...

As spring approached last year, I decided to write an article about the smoke tree, one of my favorite “highway trees”. I ...

Blossoming across the eastern U.S. in spring, redbud trees were notably important during the settlement of the Appalachian ...

Wikipedia says it’s “found primarily in Northern California, with other populations in parts of Utah and Arizona.” The map ...

Mexican redbud, Cercis canadensis var. mexicana, is found in West Texas, New Mexico, and northern Mexico. Trees are more showy and drought tolerant than the Texas redbud, adapted to alkaline soils ...