Sitting under the wide canopy of a tree can cool you off on a hot summer day and even lower home-energy costs. If your landscape is treeless, the sooner a new tree grows a shady canopy, the better. A ...

Q: What is your opinion of hackberry trees? What are the pros and cons? A: I like hackberry trees more than most people seem to. Its botanical name is Celtis occidentalis, and it is a relative of elm ...

Every time Bob Henrickson spots a chinkapin oak around Nebraska — and that’s not often — he thinks, “What a gorgeous tree.” Bob Henrickson, left, says the chinkapin oak is his favorite underutilized ...

Most folks are familiar with the names of trees like oak, maple, elm, ash, birch, and cottonwood. But one abundant tree around here that may not be as well-known is the hackberry. I am not sure when I ...