In the fall of the year, it's the foliage that is the attraction. Our eyes gravitate to the reds, yellows and oranges of the trees, shrubs and vines in our landscape. We in East Texas have no lack of ...

Q : We saw these while walking in Allsopp Park (in Little Rock) (see reader's photo). They all had a single slender trunk topped with these awesome leaves. What are they and would they do well in full ...

Shitomi Konishi, head of a volunteer group that donated a tree which grew from seeds of a Chinese parasol tree hit by the Hiroshima atomic bombing, is seen with the tree at the Ise Football Village in ...

In late March and early April, Chinese parasol trees (Firmiana simplex) in Hue Imperial Citadel bloom, creating a peaceful and poetic scene for the ancient capital city. Chinese parasol tree is known ...