Q: I have a house in Houston. Does blooming of tropical trees like Bauhinia, Erythrina and Tabebuia depend on their age or size? I plant these trees in the ground. They freeze. They come back but they ...

Question for Dan Gill: I have a live oak tree that I planted in my backyard about 14 months ago that has several holes in the bark. The tree looks healthy, except for these holes. Is there anything I ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An invasive beetle is laying its eggs in the nooks and crannies of oak tree bark in California, leading to an even deeper rooted issue. Goldspotted oak borers, otherwise ...

Oak trees around Minnesota have suffered from bouts of heavy precipitation and drought — conditions that make them more vulnerable to two-lined chestnut borer, a beetle that eats the inner bark of oak ...

Neil Sperry explains why apparent bark damage may just be harmless lichen, and he answers questions about buffalograss and ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

Cork oak, Quercus suber, is an evergreen oak native to parts of Europe and Africa. This oak is known for its bark, which is used for wine bottle corks as well as flooring, insulation and soundproofing ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to a southern oak found in Indiana, cherrybark oak. This species can typically be found in bottomland areas in extreme southern Indiana.