When you're short on space in your landscape, it's vital to choose the right tree so it doesn't overwhelm your yard. Here are some to avoid and some to plant.

We just took out a 40-foot pine tree on the side of our house. We'd like to plant a small flowering tree there instead. We are thinking of a ...

These small conifer trees for birds provide food and refuge in all seasons. These varieties are perfect for small landscapes.

I began thinking about small trees in earnest last summer. A large pine tree came down in my neighbor’s yard, leaving me with a spot on the south side of my house in desperate need of a few ...

Pine nuts, also known by their Italian and Spanish names, pignoli and pinon (often spelled “pinyon”), come from specific varieties of pine trees, about 20 worldwide, that produce edible seeds.

In 1997, community leaders came up with a plan for a demonstration project to cut small trees. Then, in 2002, the Rodeo-Chediski fire burned 468,000 acres of the White Mountains, destroying more ...

Other pine trees in the vicinity also had those markings on their trunks. The pecking could, of course, have occurred many years earlier when the trees were small.