Q: A couple of doors down from our home there is a large, round-headed shaped tree in the yard that has fairly large clusters of white blooms. Sort of shaped like a cluster of grapes. When we asked ...

I have received several inquiries from readers about the many roadside trees turning brown this summer. The question is usually, “What is killing all of those trees?” The trees in question are likely ...

As Australian cities heat up and dry out, street trees are emerging as frontline defenders of urban livability. Street trees make city life more bearable during heat waves. They also improve human ...

The coming of autumn often makes trees harder to identify — but sometimes, it does the opposite. The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a case in point. In summer, its bluish-green, oval-shaped, ...

ST. PAUL — October's Weed of the Month is a tree called black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). Black locust is native to North America but not native to Minnesota. It has been widely planted as an ...

For all intents and purposes the tall, grizzled black locust tree that dominates our backyard has become a quasi-part of the family. It has been there, pointing skyward, through good times and bad, ...

Black locust is a member of the legume family; it can “fix nitrogen” in the soil. It is native to the Appalachian Mountains, from Pennsylvania to Alabama. However, in the last century, it has spread ...