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

These petite shrubs are perfect for pots and patio gardens. Think small with the top picks for dwarf container shrubs.

Towering blue spruce trees shade the campsites and provide some privacy in the already secluded forest. Every site has creek access, making it perfect for those looking for a summertime escape. Be ...

As we turn the page on 2024, the economic and political landscape presents both opportunities and challenges. With a new administration potentially making changes to the regulatory environment ...

During snowless winters like we are having this year, I relish the evergreen plants in my garden as they add a touch of green ...

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Taken from a tree in Norway, this stained tree sample shows a blue ring from 1902. (Credit: Pawel Matulewski and Liliana Siekacz) Human skin isn't the only thing that can change color after facing the ...

These eruptions likely cast a volcanic winter over the northern hemisphere, impacting the trees at Mount Iškoras in Norway, where the study was conducted. "Blue rings look like unfinished growth ...

A blue ring formed in 1902 in a tree in northern Norway. Image by Pawel Matulewski and Liliana Siekacz. Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the ...

Overall, only 2.1% of the pine trees' rings and 1.3% of the juniper shrubs' rings were blue; the cells which hadn't lignified properly were mainly found at the end of growth rings, in latewood ...

Blue growth rings found in woody plant stems represent years when cells did not lignify properly because of summers too cold for growth When the going gets cold, even tough trees struggle with ...

Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the weather of the past by looking at tree rings — which can tell us far more than just the trees’ age. ‘Blue’ ...