For homeowners fortunate enough to have the space for them, there are few trees more stunning than the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). These massive trees can reach 100 feet in height and ...

Sitting under the wide canopy of a tree can cool you off on a hot summer day and even lower home-energy costs. If your landscape is treeless, the sooner a new tree grows a shady canopy, the better. A ...

Yes, you can grow redwood and sequoia trees in Southern California. Rick Akers, who lives in Long Beach, has mature specimens that prove the point. “I planted both from seedlings I procured at ...

About a year ago in this space, I wrote about a fascinating tree — the bald cypress, Taxodium distichum — that was unique in that it is a conifer that is deciduous rather than evergreen. Conifers, as ...