I recently read that you can get a white pine to grow "denser" by partially pinching back its "candles" in the spring. I read your article about keeping pines lightly pruned so there's no need for a ...

In DC, where the living quarters are as small as they are pricey, it’s hard to fit in a real, live Christmas tree. Alternatively, the effort required to pick it up and set it up may just be too much ...

Jun. 14—We are near the summer solstice: the first day of summer. With sunrise at 5:15 a.m. and the sun setting at 9:06 p.m., daylight is longer than any other day of the year (nearly 16 hours at this ...

No space for a real tree? No worries at these gorgeous candles will bring all of the festive scent into your home. (Picture: Metro/Getty) Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Few sights are more welcome in an Ohio winter than ...

Called “the tree of peace” by Native Americans, Pinus strobus or eastern white pine is a beautiful evergreen that is well populated in the New Jersey landscape. As a young tree, it has a pyramidal ...

If you have a pine shrub or tree in your yard, spring is the time to control its growth. Keeping a pine in check is not a simple matter of pruning branches. “Pines aren’t like other evergreens,” said ...