The crisp nights and cool days of autumn provide the perfect conditions for planting trees. Discover which trees to plant in fall and how to select the best ones for your garden.

Besides health effects, shade trees also have been shown to reduce the demand on air-conditioning for those who can just go inside on unbearable days. The U.S. Department of Energy, for example, says ...

Trees are a great addition to any landscape, providing shade, privacy and visual interest to your yard. But trees can also bring their share of maintenance headaches, dropping seeds, berries and ...

When the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, 140,000 people died — but a ginkgo tree in the city was among the survivors. Last week, a sapling grown from a seed from that ...

Staff at the San Diego Botanic Garden plant the special ginkgo. Photo credit: Courtesy, San Diego Botanic Garden The nuclear bombs that dropped in Japan nearly 80 years ago appeared to destroy ...