Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...

Obsessiveness isn't unusual for gardeners. We want everything to look good. That, among many other things, is why we garden. Otherwise, we'd let nature take its course. But I saw something last week ...

When it comes to shade trees, there is an almost limitless number of options for your yard. To add extra interest in cooler climates, this is a stunning option.

Our big birch has finally given up after decades of bronze birch borer and sapsucker damage. Rows of regular horizontal holes about one-quarter-inch in diameter cover the trunk from bottom to top.

correction A photo credit for an image in this story has been changed to John Michael Spencer. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, just after the snow melts but before flowers start to bud, Pat Bruderer, 67 ...