Maple trees are among the most loved and widely planted shade trees in home landscapes. Maples produce seeds that fall like tiny helicopters from the tree, which kids love to run to and catch. As ...

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees common in the landscape including red (Acer rubrum), silver (Acer saccharinum), sugar (Acer saccharum) and Japanese (Acer palmatum) maples.

FELLED: Letter writer Kira Jahn stands beside a silver leaf maple tree before it was cut down recently. Editor’s note: The following letter was received after efforts failed to prevent a silver leaf ...

A crowd gathered in front of a tree felled during Friday night’s thunderstorm to take pictures and collect a leaf or two as a memento and even mourn, for this was no ordinary tree. Perhaps 150 years ...

The Maple Leaf is forever, after all. Friday night’s storm felled the storied silver maple said to have inspired Alexander Muir’s “The Maple Leaf Forever.” But the tree will live on, not only in ...

The change looks alarming, but it’s not cause for concern in the long term, says registered professional botanist. Vast tracts of big leaf maple trees across the Island are turning a white-silver ...