'In the fall, when temperatures are cool, the best action to take is to prune back birch limbs, especially those showing ...

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Q It seems like birch trees grow well around here, but I had bad luck with mine. Its branches died from the top down, and I had to have it removed. I really love birch trees, but I wonder if it's ...

Borers have been attacking my two birch trees this year. Our arborist says this problem is pretty wide spread in the Portland/Vancouver areas this year. How can I control this pest? Attacks of the ...

I got a call a few years ago from one of my readers. His Paper Bark Birch was in severe decline. From what I could see, this two-foot-diameter tree was dying. I explained the dire situation of the ...

The omnipresent nature of plastic waste threatens the environment in all sorts of ways, particularly as it is broken down into tiny fragments known as microplastics. This includes contaminating soil ...

The latest super water making waves comes from a tree. — -- The latest super water making waves comes from inside the trunk of a tree, of all places. Two companies, Sealand Birk and Byarozavik, ...

Japanese beetles strike fear into any gardener's heart, but the University of Minnesota may have found a surprising solution ...

Tree tappers, chefs and scientists got together in Fairbanks on Sept. 28 to work on a flavor wheel for birch syrup. Under ...

There is symbolism in just about everything you can dream up. What part of that — and how it applies to your life situation — is what you need to figure out? Dear Dream Retriever: A little background ...

FAYETTE, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently crowned a new state champion river birch tree in Howard County. MDC Forester A.J. Campbell presented the Missouri Champion Tree ...