CEDAR RAPIDS - A stump is all that remains of what was once a 60-foot-tall flowering crab apple tree, cut down from what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. Lois Henderson, of 1246 40th St ...

I don’t know as much about birds as I should, but I enjoy seeing and hearing the songbirds that roll through the region every spring en route to points farther north. With help from others who ...

A reader asks gardening columnist Don Kinzler what can be done to repair damage to a flowering crab tree this winter. Contributed / Hal S. By Don Kinzler. February 03, 2024 at 10:15 AM.

Q. I would like to ask about the possibilities of growing in Houston: flowering crabtree and a purple lilac tree or bush. Will they thrive in this climate? -- O.T., Houston A. You can grow ...

I have two questions: 1) I have a flowering crab tree that insists on sending sprouts up from the base of the trunk. Other than continuing to cut them off, ...