Many small ornamental trees brighten the Chicago region with their spring blooms: redbuds, crabapples, serviceberries, magnolias, wild plums and many more. Cherries, not so much. The Japanese cherry ...

Right now, the four saplings aren’t much to look at. Their foliage is sparse; their scrappy trunks are hardly thicker than a pinkie. Yet someday, if all goes well, thousands of people will wander ...

Safeguarding your trees against pests is important to their health and longevity. Invasive species can wreak havoc by defoliating or infecting trees, and left untreated, can lead to loss of limbs and ...