What: This selection of pond cypress (Taxodium distichum var. imbricatum ‘Nutans’) is a froth of feathery, bright green foliage arranged around an arrow-straight trunk. This unusual deciduous conifer ...

Forty years ago I discovered an unusual tree growing in the Lakewood neighborhood. It appeared to be a bald cypress, but the overall form was thinner and the foliage was quite different. After some ...

Overview of the first day of constructing a pond. Day 2 Pond Build: Continuation of the pond construction process. Day 3 Pond Build: Progress update on the pond build. Day 4 Pond Build: Further ...

“Spring” seems the best name for this time of year, when the miracles of the season tend to uncoil all at once — something for which I’m never quite prepared. I’ve been thinking about this each ...

We have a bald cypress tree, and we were wondering if the needles from the cypress tree we are raking up now would be good for mulching. We know oak leaves are a good mulch, but are maple leaves also ...

Guys whose follicles are dwindling on a daily basis probably don’t think bald is beautiful. But when the subject shifts to deciduous trees, many species are stunning as they approach dormancy and ...

A couple of years ago, as the spread of COVID-19 subsided, my co-workers and I planted a memorial tree just outside our workplace. We wanted to remember those we’d lost during the pandemic, and it ...

So, it seems, I’m not the only one who’s fallen for the cypress tree, its knees and all its interesting growth habits. Judging from your responses to the column on swamps and cypress trees a couple of ...

Bigtooth maple trees typically have yellow or golden fall color. They can be easily grown in a variety of soils and have few problems with pests.(Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) Last week, I ...