Plant shade trees now in San Antonio to cut heat

Cut summer heat and AC costs by planting shade trees like live oak, Texas red oak, cedar elm and Mexican sycamore.

A Texas City Is Relocating A 400-Year-Old Tree, And It'll Be Using Some High-Tech Equipment To Do It

The city of Kyle, Texas has made the decision to relocate a 400-year-old oak tree, but in order for it to be successful, they ...
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Texas Is Planning To Relocate 400-Year-Old Oak Tree for Almost $1 Million , Locals Outraged

The relocation project is part of a road transformation project costing the city nearly $1 million. Well, $932,800 to be precise. Jolene is known to be 51 inches in diameter, but the city’s officials ...

Sperry: Lots of Texas plants suffering from prolonged warm weather, drought

Dear Neil: We have star jasmine, coral honeysuckle, and Peggy Martin rose plants in our landscape. All have bloomed ...

How oak trees benefit our ecosystem

Majestic oak trees are considered to be Super Trees for their beauty and the positives they bring to our ecosystem. A local ...
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Centuries-Old Texas Tree Named “Jolene” Set For Nearly $1 Million Relocation… Just 400 Meters Away

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
Los Angeles Times

Inspiration from the species that can live 1,000 years and put down a new set of roots anytime

For a Yankee in the South, everything about the environment scares you off. Heat. Humidity. Flying termite season (seriously, it’s a thing). But this cold-and-snow-loving Northerner braved the bugs ...