Virginia Tech scientists are developing a fungus that can use the movements of the invasive spotted lanternfly to kill the Tree of Life.

Ailanthus altissima, commonly known as tree of heaven, ghetto palm, Ailanthus, varnish tree, copal tree, stinking sumac, Chinese sumac, paradise tree, or in Chinese as chouchun, is a deciduous tree in ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive ...

Sometimes called volunteer trees, weed trees pop up where you least want them to in your yard. Managing them can be ...

Stop planting Chinese pistache! Apparently 8.1% of our urban tree canopy is Chinese pistache (Pistacea chinensis), now the most common urban tree in Chico. I have spent hundreds of hours with ...

Patrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed scheme, but Clancy says, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was ...

As a passionate gardener, I know how thrilling it is to envision a lush, vibrant yard filled with beautiful trees. However, not all trees are created equal, and some can bring more challenges than joy ...

Other forms of treatment include scraping off egg sacs, using insecticides or removing the lanternfly’s preferred plant – the Ailanthus altissima tree commonly called the tree of heaven. “The ...

Growing a beautiful tree, one that’s right for your landscape, begins before you dig a hole and put a sapling in the ground. Homeowners need to consider the species, where to plant it and exactly how ...