Q: I had to take down a big oak and I want to replace it. A friend mentioned Chinese elm. What are your thoughts? Anne Stanley, email A: Chinese elm, Ulmus parvifolia, also known as lacebark elm, is ...

Dutch elm disease is a fungal infection spread by tiny bark beetles that can rapidly wither and kill healthy trees. The local ...

The elm tree stands on a bit of a rise alongside a creek that once ran red with the blood of British soldiers. It might have been a sapling on that early morning in 1763, when Chief Pontiac prevailed ...

The elm trees on my street downtown have been infested the past couple of years with what I think are elm leaf beetles. We can see little striped worms climbing up the bark, and the leaves are chewed ...

FAIRFIELD — When Connie and John Haruch decided to build their home on West Knoll Court more than 36 years ago, the builder planned to cut down several trees, including a sizeable elm tree that would ...

So often we choose a tree because of its flowers, leaves, fall color or its fruit. Often, we forget about the bark. However, on many trees, the bark is the most interesting part of the tree. This can ...

Dutch elm disease has been reported back in Denver after more than a decade of its absence. The Denver forestry office discovered the disease last month in the old American elms along 17th Avenue ...

A dead Camperdown elm on the Oregon State Capitol grounds will be removed Thursday, after more than a year-long battle to save it. Six trees — four Camperdown elms, one cherry and one redbud — were ...

Sustainability has been at the forefront of the new Neilson Library since its inception. With an eye toward utilizing natural materials such as stone, wood and glass in the new building as much as ...

IN the water-meadows opposite my home in Chalfont St. Peter several elm trees were blown down by last winter's gales. The horses and cows grazing on these meadows spent much of their time in chewing ...

OGDEN CANYON, Utah — A fungal tree disease, which has destroyed millions of trees in the United States, has been detected in Utah for the first time. “We were sick to our stomachs thinking about what ...

Elm-lined streets were once ubiquitous in America. The trees’ success throwing beautiful, shady canopies over urban environments made them one of the most popular to plant in the country. Then a ...