Question: Hi. Cedar elm, Ulmus crassifolia, seems like a wonderful, tough, drought tolerant native tree. I'd like to plant several to shade buildings. I'm being discouraged from doing so because cedar ...

Dear Neil: My mother passed away in Mississippi in February. She had a lovely Japanese maple beside her house (see photo attached with my letter). In getting the house ready to sell I discovered a ...

ANDERSON, Texas (KBTX) - A popular tree in front of the Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site in Grimes County was damaged by the strong winds of Tropical Storm Beryl. The 120-year-old cedar elm tree that ...

DEAR NEIL: Is it possible to sterilize cedar elm trees so we won’t have all the seedlings come spring? We have put down corn gluten meal in September to stop the germination, but millions have come up ...

An allergy Alert has been issued for cedar and elm tree pollen. This is an extreme exposure situation, according to the board-certified allergists at the Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic. Severe ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic has issued a ‘Very High Alert’ for cedar and elm tree pollen. On Tuesday, officials said this is an extreme exposure situation and ...

Dutch elm disease has been present in the United States since the 1920s, when it began its rapid spread across elm populations, killing most American elms. Every year the disease continues to spread ...

The 35-foot cedar elm tree that forms the centerpiece of “Thirst,” a public art project literally on Lady Bird Lake, has survived the recent weather event that dumped more than a foot of rain on some ...

DEAR NEIL: Late last fall my cedar elm tree was losing branches about 3 feet long. They looked like they had been cut off cleanly with spiral cuts. My nurseryman sold me a spray for what he called ...

The tree—the common tree, in all of its forms—occupies a curious role in human life. We need them. We protect them. We cultivate them. We harvest them. Subconsciously, we fear them. Countless folk ...

Recently, our diagnostic lab at Kansas State University reported a high volume of Dutch elm disease cases in Kansas. The disease has been present in the United States since the 1920s, when it began ...