If you live in the southern parts of the country, you might have long admired the majestic hackberry tree (Celtis occidentalis) but discovered it won't really grow in your region, especially if you ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Hackberries are native to Alabama, where I grew up, but I was a child ...

Q: The wind has caused a crack in a 4-inch branch on a hackberry tree that extends over our driveway. Can a limb like that be bound or screwed back together? A: Without a photo I’m not coming near ...

It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks.

Have you seen something that looks like snowflakes on leaves or branches? If you take a closer look at the white floof, you’ll see that they’re actually insects.Asian woolly hackberry aphids can be ...

One of the coolest things about working as an extension agent is that every day is different. Within the last week you may have seen white non-native aphids flying near sugarberry trees if you have ...

Township supervisors chopped it down. That’s what she claims in a wrongful death suit she filed against the township and supervisors Jamie Cerreta, Daryl Pawlush and Thomas Kubasek for killing the ...

cut down my tree – never, ever! My land had “no trespassing signs.” I attended a township meeting with my surveyor and pleaded that the township not cut my tree. I would expect any reasonable official ...