Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper tip blight, flowering crabapples to apple scab, and elms to Dutch elm ...

In just a decade, this unusual disease has spread from Ohio across the Northeast. Scientists are testing treatments, but answers come slowly. Backlit leaves of an American beech tree show dark bands, ...

Is the street you live on lined with leafy trees, or mostly grass and pavement? That simple difference might be affecting your heart in ways scientists are just beginning to understand. A study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. clarst5 via Shutterstock We love the vibrant colors of maple trees in the fall. These deciduous beauties bring not only great ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beech trees across the state are seeing worsening symptoms of the fast-spreading complex beech leaf disease, according to the ...

Oak trees produce acorns in abundance every few years in a process known as mast seeding. Two years later, Lyme disease follows like clockwork. As hikers return to lush trails each summer, ready to ...

American beeches (Fagus grandifolia) have been suffering recently from a disease widespread in both Connecticut landscapes and forests, Beech leaf disease (BLD), caused by a foliar nematode, ...

What a month we have had. Rainfall has been spotty – plentiful in parts of the state but bone dry in others. A rain gauge is an important tool in the garden. In addition to rain, many parts of ...