Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring or summertime blooms. But while most flowering trees produce white or pink flowers, if you’re ...

When you plant pretty trees with pink and white flowers in your backyard, the spring air fills with their sweet scent and lovely flowers. It’s like getting the best of both a backyard tree and a ...

He said his allergies have been particularly bad this year, with a noticeable difference between North Carolina and other ... But generally, spring is when trees pollinate: first junipers and ...

From whimsical sculptures in Cornwall, England, to an urban oasis in New York City, here are some of the most beautiful and ...

How growing up in the "cone of uncertainty" changed my life - even when I thought I had left it behind. Until Hurricane ...

Though the Army Corps is doing a lot of work to remove debris post-Helene, removing too much debris can be detrimental to ...

The avid gardener and her husband Brad are among eight Abingdon homeowners who are opening their gardens to the 2025 Abingdon ...

Rows of nostalgic, low-slung motor lodges rest on the aprons of towering mountains. A population just double that of the LSU ...

The Nature Conservancy recommends changes to industrial practices that include accounting for sensitive areas when siting ...

Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com Helene was a mighty storm, but the North Carolina mountain communities ... was impassable for a tangle of downed trees. While not every business has been rebuilt ...

Katie Tamony, chief marketing officer and trend-spotter for Monrovia Nursery, one of the nation’s largest shrub and perennial ...