Many northeastern Oklahomans are bewildered to find their lawns covered by sweet gum balls - those spiked seed balls that are fired like golf balls when you try to mow them. Tulsa Master Gardener ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

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 ...

Dear Neil: Our daughter lives in College Station and wants a really reliable tree for fall color. Is there a type of red maple that would be good? She doesn't mind treating the soil with an acidic ...

Most people have a love/hate relationship with sweet gum trees. They love the unique leaf shape, with its five- to seven-pointed star, and the colorful red, yellow or purple shades the leaves turn in ...