Imagine a tree that could usher in scores of birds, bees, and butterflies throughout the growing season, then quickly adorn your yard in incredible fall colors after summer winds down. The staghorn ...

Dear Master Gardener: We have Tiger Eyes Sumac, which has beautiful fall color, but sometimes pops up in other places, even 10 feet away. I dig them up and toss them in my compost but was wondering if ...

I have always considered rubs, those white scars on the forest’s saplings, a mystery in the world of the whitetail buck. At least in my mind, we call sign made by deer "ground scrapes," including the ...

When I announced to some friends that I was planning to establish a native sumac grove on my property, the first thing I heard was, “Why would you want to plant that trash tree on your property?” I ...

The staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina, previously Rhus hirta) is a common plant with a strikingly uncommon appearance. The young branches of the staghorn sumac are upright, with velvety red-brown hairs, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Some trees are valuable, not for one spectacular characteristic, but ...

Here's PennLive garden writer George Weigel's Plant Pick of the Week for this week: * Common name: Sumac 'Gro-Low' * Botanical name: Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' * What it is: 'Gro-Low' is a low, ...

Last year I started to clear my yard of everything; it was a do-over! I had a tree cut down and the stump ground. The tree that was cut down has sent runners at least 30 feet in all directions, and ...