This persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) is native to the U.S. and can be found throughout the Southern states. According to The New Southern Living Garden Book, it is “native from Connecticut to Kansas ...

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Sweet gum is a common tree in the forests of central New Jersey and points south, and from the Atlantic to Texas. It also grows in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, a survivor from a time ...

We’re well into winter and that means spring and the gardening season is on the horizon. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University ...

Much of the origin of the apricot is lost in time, with China, India and Armenia all having been thought at one time as the original home of this fruit; however, historical/horticultural studies have ...

As the season wears on, the white flowers of the seven sons tree give way to bright red calyces, producing what looks like a second blooming. The tree is a member of the honeysuckle family. (Submitted ...

Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...