These native conifers can grow even in poor, rocky soil. The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova Jack pine is a tree that cannot be tamed—this small to medium-sized evergreen grows its own way and takes over ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Have you ever brought a holiday plant, such as a poinsettia, home with high expectations—only to see it ...

If you bought a live pine tree for Christmas, you may be thinking about planting it in your yard. Here in Tucson we are in Sunset Zone 12. Most pine trees that do well in our desert are imports from ...

The scent of pine is one of the hallmarks of this happy time of the year. Perhaps that’s what inspires so many homeowners to plant pine trees in their yards. “Unfortunately, many of them don’t do very ...

Q: I’m wondering why there seem to be thousands of pine cones on the ground this year. I hope you can write an article and reference what might be causing this and if it may have any correlation to ...