When you buy a bare root red maple tree to plant in your yard, it'll usually look more like a skinny stick than a towering shade tree. While it'll take time for it to reach maturity, it won't stay a ...

As spring unfolds, the deep red blooms of red maple trees along the roadsides and in the woods really stand out. Within days, the blooms fall onto the pavement like blood-red snow. Did you know that ...

Throughout October, one life form in these parts satisfies more than all others. It is the red maple — your red maple, my red maple, the one down the road. It is the red maple of lowland swamps and ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNESTexas.com) - For a smallish tree to grow in the shade, there are few plants that can match a Japanese Red Maple. They grow slowly but have stunning forms and beautiful leaves. For ...

Dear Master Gardener: My wife and I would like to plant a big shade tree in our front yard with beautiful fall color. We are thinking of planting a red maple. Is that a good choice? Answer: Red maple ...

If we would only listen we would hear. The trees are speaking. That’s the philosophy of Covel McDermot, a recent alumnus of the University of Delaware’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources ...

Now that autumn has blessed us with its presence, the vibrant colors of fall will be commencing all over our region soon. Mother Nature will whip out her brush and paint breathtaking swathes of gold, ...

Q: My Autumn Glory red maples are declining. Large limbs are dying in several of my 15-year-old trees. I understand others are seeing the same red maple issues. As they decline, I am replacing them ...

Although males are frequently more impressive than females in the animal kingdom, that’s not always the case with plants. Female red maples, for example, not only display the species’ burgundy-tinged ...

Watching for signs of spring in the Lowcountry? Look for bright red patches in the landscape, along roadsides and in woods and swamps. Those splashes of color are red maple trees (Acer rubrum), whose ...

I have a bad habit of always looking to the future, winter isn’t over yet but I’ve found myself starting to think about signs of spring to come. As an exercise in centering myself in the here and now, ...