If your yard could use more shade and needs it pronto, here are some of the best fast-growing shade trees to plant in the ...

is a single or multi-trunked tree with white or pink spring blossoms and red fall foliage, reaching 20-40 feet in full to part sun in zones 2-10. Also consider: Red maple (Acer rubrum), which ...

Regardless of whether you grow a Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) with an upright or weeping habit, its colorful fall foliage ...

Scorched leaves have brown margins and may crinkle up or fall from the tree in mid to late summer. Japanese maple likes a slightly acidic, humus-rich soil with good drainage. It will not tolerate ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...