I received some bare root trees and shrubs as a gift and would like to know how to plant and care for them. — Jerry Rosen, Skokie That sounds like a great gift, just ahead of the growing season. Bare ...

JOHN AND KAYLEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAITLIN. ARBOR DAY IS HERE AND IT’S A DAY TO FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND GROWING TREES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YEAH, TODAY, 27 TREES WILL BE PLANTED ACROSS GRETNA TO ...

I got a look of disbelief when I told a friend I had planted a tree that had been shipped from a nursery 2,000 miles away. As I went on to explain that the tree had been sent “bare-root,” I could see ...

When I was a less experienced gardener, I was intimidated by bare-root fruit trees. Piles of sticks bedded down in sawdust would show up in the nurseries at the new year, and I would watch serious and ...

With holiday guests arriving at many of our homes in the coming days, you might be wondering how to deter them from parking ...

Waiting a century for an oak to create shade in your yard is hard. However, the negative aspects of fast-growing trees make ...