Sharon, out near Warrenton, writes: “I enjoyed the spicy scent of a lovely pot of paperwhites over the holidays. But what do I do now that the blooms are gone? I read on a website that it isn’t ...

The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is a noble native tree. This oak has large (5- to 9-inch-long), dark-green leaves. The base fiddle-shaped leaves have deep, rounded sinuses. The acorns are most ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - If you’ve been outside recently, there’s a high chance you’ve seen a lot of acorns lying around. If it seems like there’s been more than in previous years, you’re not nutty, but ...

MOLINE, Ill. — If you plan on taking advantage of the last few hot days of the year, you might want to watch your head. White oak trees are dropping thousands of acorns during what's called a "mast ...

A Salisbury resident emailed me last week and was concerned about his oak trees. They were doing quite well but had no acorns for the past two seasons. He was wondering if there was a problem with his ...

Fall is here, and so are acorns, falling from oak trees into yards everywhere. Viable acorns can be grown into oak trees, if properly handled. A: It’s common for the acorn crop on oak trees to vary ...

As efforts to add native vegetation to the La Jolla Bike Path continue, the latest planting is about as native as you can get. An oak tree sapling planted recently on a hillside next to the bike path ...

If you’ve been on a walk lately, you may notice the sidewalks are a bit more crunchy than usual, with a lot more acorns on the ground this year. Texas oak trees are experiencing something called a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Thunk! If you're lucky to share a habitat with oak trees, you know the sound of acorns dropping into lawns, bouncing off sidewalks, and ...

In the deepest days of winter, when all seems dark, nature is hard at work. Take the acorn. Somewhere, under the litter of leaves in the woods, in the angle of a fallen log, or in the tilled soil of a ...