On a cold winter’s day, with the sun dipping in and out of the clouds, we walked the neighborhood to admire what many people call pines, trees that are green year-round. Actually, those evergreens ...

Leaves – persistent, generally scale-like, 1/8″ long, glandular, and decussate. Twigs – grow in a fan like pattern spreading outwards, building on previous scales. Cones – 1/2″; erect with thin, woody ...

This winter’s freezes and thaws affected plenty of plants, but one reader experienced some surprising results. Just after the last freeze, she asked about a curious occurrence she noticed concerning ...