Reality can be overrated, and the South Carolina Botanical Garden in Clemson offers 295 acres of escape from the ordinary. This otherworldly paradise has been waiting for you to discover it, and trust ...

These trees feature feathery foliage in a range of colors, and dwarf or semi-dwarf cultivars stay well under 10 feet tall, ...

I caught the end of a television piece on “small talk” last week and weather was, of course, one of the topics we include in ...

The Finds aisle at Aldi is stocked with items that are fun, genuinely useful, and priced to sell. This week’s new arrivals ...

If there is one leaf shape everyone knows, it’s the maple leaf. Botanically, it’s known as palmately lobed. Just the other ...

Whether you are selling your home – or want to add value and enjoyment to it – property project upgrades are a winning ...

Japanese maples look absolutely beautiful at the moment as their fiery red leaves start to grow again, but their foliage can wilt or even die if they are not properly cared for in spring. April can be ...

On Feb. 21, 1204, Japanese poet Fujiwara no Teika described in his diary a bizarre phenomenon: the northern Kyoto skies suddenly burning red at night. Two days later, he observed that the red light ...

The Japanese government is giving the United States 250 cherry blossom trees to celebrate the country’s semiquincentennial this year, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arriving in Washington ...

Unpredictable weather this month has made it challenging for people tapping maple trees to make maple syrup. Maple sap runs best when daytime temperatures are in the high 30s to mid-40s and overnight ...

The official state tree of Wisconsin is the Sugar Maple, and its sap is the primary source of maple syrup. Since it takes at least several hundred sugar maples to make syrup production profitable, ...

Watery sap drips slowly from a spout in the side of the tree, falling drop by drop into a silver metal bucket attached to the trunk. The slightly sweet tree water is a nutritious drink, but this ...