For a Yankee in the South, everything about the environment scares you off. Heat. Humidity. Flying termite season (seriously, it’s a thing). But this cold-and-snow-loving Northerner braved the bugs ...

The southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) is a staple native species to the American Southeast. This massive, sprawling tree — which can reach up to a whopping 150 feet in diameter — does best in ...

With nearly 500 unique species and more than 180 hybrids, the genus Quercus (oak) is among the largest and most important of all woody landscape plants. Many of the species we are most familiar with ...