It is quick-growing and easily spread by wind, water, and birds. It is difficult to clear out easily – it grows back on its own with no help.

After plenty of pestering by a precocious 9-year-old, there’s a new grove of freshly planted trees in a north Spokane park. Holly VanVoorhis was 7 when she asked her dad, landscape architect and Park ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: Can you identify this tree with long, pencil-shaped pods? The tree has beautiful bloom in late spring. — Bill, Monrovia Dear Reader: The tree in question is the common catalpa, Catalpa ...

A plant with heart-shaped leaves says love as much as a bouquet of flowers. Maybe more because once planted, it will keep on declaring its affection every day for years to come. We've chosen a handful ...