Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of pollinators. It’s a fast grower that produces dense, upright panicles of flowers, ...

While bold evergreens can add lovely blue-green shades to your yard, and many maples turn delightful colors in the fall, there's nothing quite like the burst of flowers from a flowering tree. If you ...

A botanical mystery has been stirring through local social media the last couple of weeks as posters ponder about that big tree with the purple flowers. Colonies of trees with large spikes of lavender ...

Adding one or two trees to your yard with leaves in shades of crimson, gold, russet or burgundy is a wonderful way to introduce vibrant color, ornamental detail and structure. The color palette of ...

Dear Neil: My husband really likes purple plum trees, but a neighbor told me they’re not very good. Is this a tree we would want in our yard? Not all trees live to be as old as sequoias, so you’re not ...

Climate change experts and urban foresters tell us that planting trees is one of the most significant ways that we, as individuals, can help battle climate change. Trees do so much — they cool the ...

Keep Eureka Beautiful volunteers recently planted street trees in front of several local businesses on Fourth and Fifth streets in Eureka. “This is a big deal because some of them have been waiting ...

You know it’s springtime when the tabebuia trees are in bloom. The trees, native to subtropical climes, are easy to spot. The beautiful bright yellow blooms (or purple or pink-ish) have started ...

When the weather gets a bit cooler, when the birds begin to migrate to warmer places, and when the leaves begin to change colors, you know that fall has finally arrived. As the colors of the leaves ...

Dreaming of a white Christmas? You can have a purple Christmas this year. Or a pink Christmas. Maybe even a blue Christmas. Christmas trees are the latest living canvas to add a big pop of color ...