Bare-root trees need to be planted quickly to keep their exposed roots from drying out. Here's the best time to plant so you'll have a successful spring.

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Tree root systems are seldom on the minds of forest owners, tree planters, ...

When I was a less experienced gardener, I was intimidated by bare-root fruit trees. Piles of sticks bedded down in sawdust would show up in the nurseries at the new year, and I would watch serious and ...

The holidays are behind us and we are waking up to frosty mornings in Napa Valley. The ground is barren and spring seems a long way off. While gardening is probably the last thing on your mind, now is ...

Question: I’m going to be planting some fruit trees this spring, and I’m wondering if it’s better for me to buy the trees in a big pot from a nursery or if I should get them from a mail order place ...

Spend some time walking around in a forest and odds are good that you would see the root flares of most of the trees growing there. It is natural to find tree root flares in nature but not so much in ...

Trees are often viewed as individuals that compete with one another for access to limited resources. But could trees in stressed environments actually benefit from positive, facultative interactions?