Ron Smith, extension horticulturalist at North Dakota State University in Fargo, said that the more recently-planted the tree, the greater the risk of winter dessication and winter kill.

Bismarck-Mandan and the surrounding area was treated to a spectacular show of Mother Nature's beauty in the middle of another harsh winter season. A sparkling blanket of hoarfrost covered trees ...

and North Dakota and much of Minnesota were plunged into temperatures more typical of zone 3, with lows in the minus 30 to minus 40 degrees range. during a long, long winter. Zone 4 trees and ...

Why was this past winter so tough on trees? Part of it has to do with variability. Let’s look at some temperatures in Bowman, North Dakota, from this past winter. The lowest temperature in ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Some winters in North Dakota can start early and bring lots of snow with brutal temperatures, and ...

They are not even native to North Dakota and don’t have much of a natural defense to combat the often cold, cruel winter weather ... As the trees and grassland grow and expand, we see wildlife ...