One of my favorite things about sharing a love for gardening with my dad is our passing on of notes and lessons. I'll often turn to him for some advice and he likewise calls on me if something isn't ...

Leaves often turn yellow before they drop because the tree harvests many of the nutrients from the leaves before it sheds them. This past month I began to observe that the leaves on some of my maple ...

Several things come into play when it comes to determining the colors that we find on leaves of our trees. As our days get shorter and our nights get longer there is a chemical change that happens in ...

If you notice bare branches on your maple tree this spring or observe a sudden leaf drop, your tree may have an insect problem and the maple petiole borer may be the culprit. Although trees drop ...

I recently answered a question in my advice column on some azaleas with leaves turning color. A significant percentage of the leaves had turned orange, and the gardener was concerned that something ...

Have you ever wondered why so many plants in our surroundings have leaves which are green in colour? Whether it’s a large tree in a distant forest or a plant in our own gardens, green is the colour ...