Forest scientists studying tree regeneration have found that wildfire smoke comes with an unexpected benefit: It has a cooling capacity that can make life easier for vulnerable seedlings. Forest ...

What: A rare native of the southeastern United States, Cotinus obovatus — the American smoke tree — is a choice tree for any garden. This typically multistemmed deciduous tree is widely known for its ...

Every year, wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada send plumes of smoke into the sky. When that smoke blows into southwestern Idaho's Treasure Valley, it blankets Boise-area residents in dirty ...

A reader wonders if her smoke tree is ruined after it was sheared into an unnatural shape. Mari asks: When is the best time to prune my smoke tree? A problem occurred when my gardener decided to shear ...

What is that crazy looking plant, you may be asking? This is a smoke tree, sometimes confused with the smoke bush. The American smoke tree (Continus obovatus) is a small tree that is native to ...

People are aching to get out and start gardening. Have you started already? Do you have questions? For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s ...

In the green sameness of late summer, any plant with extra pizzazz stands out. Such is a spectacular shrub with chartreuse foliage that frames the entrance of the Children’s Garden at The Morton ...

KOCHVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI -- Black smoke from a fire at a Kochville Township tree service company could be seen near Midland by a man traveling to the area for shopping. Jeremy Greenwood was on U.S. 10 ...

If social media posts and national news attention are any barometer of popularity, the desert celebrity of the moment is the Joshua tree. With its photo-ready iconic branches and rock ’n’ roll ...