Spring is so far away, but we can still dream of it! One of my favorite spring flowering shrubs are lilacs — they smell like ...

Q: What’s growing on the trunk of my lilac tree? — Phyllis D. A: Your photo shows mushrooms growing on the trunk, which are the visible, exterior "fruiting bodies" of fungi. Mushrooms generally live ...

For such a long time I have known and loved the ivory silk lilac tree. One was planted outside the secretary’s office at the Crawford County Fairgrounds, right after the new office opened sometime ...

I have a Japanese lilac “tree.” How can I get it to have more blooms on it? This year there were hardly any. The trunk of the tree is about three inches around and about 4½-feet tall with the round ...

Q: I see some plant tags say “standard” on species like lilac, rose and hydrangea. What does that mean? A: When a shrub that is normally multi-stemmed and rounded/mounding in its growth habit is ...

QI have a large maple tree in my back yard with a branch span of maybe 40 feet. It has a fair amount of above-ground roots. Am I safe covering up some of the roots to make the ground even to plant ...