DULUTH — It’s been said that the true meaning of life is planting a tree "under whose shade you do not expect to sit," a hint, of course, that you’ll likely be dead before the tree gets that tall. But ...

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The general rule of green thumb is to plant bulbs at a depth roughly three times the height of the bulb. Renée C. Byer [email protected] This is a great week to buy and plant daffodil and other spring ...

Fast-growing poplar trees are a potential source of bioenergy. A new project led by Nitzan Shabek at the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology will look at growth regulation in these trees, especially ...

I have a poplar tree in my backyard that is 1 1/2 years old. Over the past year and a half it has done a few funny things. Upon planting it, the leaves went yellow in the summer. I think we were over ...