It can be tricky to use bark to identify a young tree. But there is another way to tell: scratch and sniff. The bark of some trees even has a scent in winter ... buds. Silver and red maples ...

The buds of a tree are another seldom noticed wonder of nature that are taking front stage this time of year. As days lengthen and get warmer, buds that were dormant all winter, start to ...

But the reason it got its name is because the tree starts to take on a scarlet tinge in late winter as its red flower buds (yes, maples have flowers) develop, followed by red stems for the leaves.

On the contrary: It meant the tree was putting ... Most of their leaf buds formed last fall, their tightly folded leaves and shoots having spent the winter in dormancy, enclosed in a protective ...

The Japanese camellia is an evergreen shrub that blooms flowers in pink, lavender, yellow, red ... amount of winter sunshine. Common witch hazel is a small deciduous tree with clusters of yellow ...

It’s exciting to see the buds on trees swelling ... the shape of an attractive small tree or planted in multiples as a privacy, screening hedge. The late winter issue of The Backyard Birds ...

In this edition of ID That Tree ... Red Hickory apart from its cousins shellbark, shagbark and pignut hickory. Located typically in upland dry sites, red hickory stands out with compound leaves with ...

Anthony DeMoon focuses his gaze on a Jonathan apple tree at the far end of his orchard. Normally bursting with pockets of bright red fruit ... during the winter, many buds emerged with dead ...

cut back the leaders (the new growth at the tip of each branch) by about two-thirds. If you want the tree to grow taller, leave the leaders and cut back lateral branches leaving about six buds.

Many leaves, buds and twigs were dripping with silvery beads of frost. Beyond the bank, larger oak trees loomed up out of the mist. In winter the ... out to do a spot of tree-watching?