Q: We have a beautiful Autumn Blaze maple tree with a split trunk bark. We’re wondering if it’s dying and if there is anything to be done to save it. We’d sure appreciate any advice. — Cliff and Nancy ...

Fruit trees, particularly peaches and apricots, have spring buds that begin swelling as soon as warm and sunny weather arrives. But if we get a late April or early May frigid cold snap, the plump buds ...

If a tree explodes in a forest and there's no one there to hear it, did it really explode? A social media post warning of this winter weather phenomenon went viral earlier this week as people across ...