Higan cherry, Amur cork tree, Amur honeysuckle, wintercreeper and English ivy are among the top invasive species in the Queen City. With a serious invasive plant problem here and across the state, a ...

Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more. Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A Cardinal perches before some fresh blooms on a higan weeping cherry blossom tree at the Missouri Botanical Garden April 11, ...

The Higan cherry trees occasionally bloom during the fall and late-winter months, especially during stretches of warm weather. (WTOP/Dave Dildine) The recent warm winter weather, including ...

Grafting is a horticultural technique used to vegetatively join the top of one plant to the base of another to the type of fruit we’re wanting but on a smaller tree. On grafted dwarf fruit trees, the ...

When the cherry trees flower along Washington, D.C.,'s Tidal Basin by the Potomac River, it's a sure sign that spring is here. The Yoshino cherry (Prunus x yedoensis) dominates the plantings, and for ...

In many parts of the country, you don’t have to look far to see cherry trees in bloom in coming weeks. Still, more than half a million visitors annually embark on a spring pilgrimage to Washington, ...