Common name: Red Tip mountain plum pine Latin name: Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Red Tip' Plant type: dwarf conifer USDA Hardiness ...

as is the case with the Methuselah Tree, a bristlecone pine more than 46 centuries old. But it's truly baffling to learn under what conditions it has accomplished this extraordinary feat.

In springtime, the tree displays large white blossoms. Japanese maples are popular because of their brightly colored leaves. For a small space, look for a dwarf variety that will grow to only ...

The soil should be well-draining and nutrient-rich. A mix of peat moss, perlite, and pine bark works well for growing a Dwarf ...

King Billy pine trees are a living relic of Gondwana, the ancient supercontinent that eventually broke up into Africa, South America and Australia some 180 million years ago. I’m here because ...

Sparse ground cover means the threat of fire is greatly reduced, a danger further lessened by the relative paucity of dead bristlecone needles in a landscape where trees ... pine is but 60 feet ...

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It's a delicate art, and, Tony says, back in the 1960s, one scientist's drill broke off inside the bristlecone pine tree he was sampling. The kit is expensive, and to help him recover the lost ...

From valley bottoms all the way to the tree line, nearly every single pine has been killed by an enemy smaller than a thumbtack: the mountain pine beetle. Tour British Columbia, and the scale of ...

I’m sitting in a Fairfield Inn motel in Texarkana as I write. Tomorrow, we tackle the last leg of driving to a writing ...

The nearby star Gliese 229 harbours a ‘brown dwarf’ companion: an object less massive than a star but more massive than a planet. High-resolution observations reveal that it is two objects ...