One of my favorite things about sharing a love for gardening with my dad is our passing on of notes and lessons. I'll often turn to him for some advice and he likewise calls on me if something isn't ...
Q: I need your advice to save our beautiful maple that has grown quickly from the small twig our son received less than 10 years ago. For the past three years, I have noticed small red "tumors" ...
Not every tree can handle a full day of sun in our hot dry summers. Trees like this Japanese maple benefit from an hour or two of afternoon shade. We have a dwarf Japanese maple in the backyard that ...
Since mid-July, I’ve noticed something strange in several maple trees I’ve driven by: their leaves are starting to show fall color! Sometimes it’s just the tips of the branches turning red or yellow; ...
It’s early yet, but make no mistake: the leaves, they are a-changin’. This year, some deciduous trees throughout the ...
Gardening season is wrapping up, but you may still have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...
“Relative to 2024, the weather has really cooperated in 2025 for fall color display,” Schwingle said at a recent news conference. Northeastern Minnesota typically sees those peak colors in late ...