One of the main drivers in leaves beginning the process of changing color has to do with the shorter days and longer nights. As the seasons start to change, and nights grow longer, leaves begin the ...

Gold in a branch on the sunny side of a tree. Scarlet in a shrub. The first flashes of color mean that fall is coming soon. Leaf color is a sign that trees are preparing for winter by entering the ...

Strolling in my neighborhood the other day, I saw two trees with autumn foliage that I thought would have made the most compelling combination had they been planted side by side. One was a ginkgo tree ...

Plants that drop all their leaves at one time and enter a leafless, dormant state are called deciduous. In climates that ...

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny ...

It's officially fall in the Northern Hemisphere, which means bright, beautiful foliage isn't far behind. Parts of the U.S. will soon start to see — if they haven't already — leaves and shrubs trade ...

Trees benefit from fall trimming more than spring trimming. Trees experience less stress with fall trimming because they are entering dormancy. Spring tree trimming is better if the goal is to ...

Nothing beats the spectacular show fall foliage puts on in the autumn, and you don’t have to travel states away to experience beautiful color. These 17 trees will turn your landscape into a seasonal ...

Fall can be glorious. No season puts nature’s beauty on full display quite like fall, when the leaves gradually change from green to vibrant yellows, oranges and reds before falling from the trees to ...

As we roll into the cold months here in Upstate New York, most trees have done exactly what we expect them to do. The leaves ...

Few experiences capture the magic of autumn quite like a scenic fall-foliage drive along the East Coast. From the fiery red ...