Cypress trees are popular evergreen choices for landscapes, offering a tall and long-lived option that is both drought-tolerant and fast-growing. Their dense growth makes them perfect for creating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kate Sears A pint-sized variety of the Monterey cypress, lemon cypress trees are famous for their unique, chartreuse needles and ...

Steve Nix is a natural resources consultant and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters. A rapidly-growing evergreen when young, ...

Blue cypress like this 'Blue Ice' variety make showy evergreen landscape specimens, but they're also prone to damage in cold winters. Q: We have a blue cypress tree that's been looking bad since the ...

Evergreen trees create a beautiful natural border in yards and gardens that can be used in lieu of a traditional fence. The only downside to these plants is that they sometimes take years and years to ...

Not every plant with a needle is an evergreen. Last week, we learned larches drop their needles in the fall. Other, more common trees that drop their needles are the bald cypress and its close ...

In a past column I listed the bald cypress as one of the uncommon trees native to Indiana. I wrote so much about where it is found in our state that I ran out of space before I could describe what ...

If you don't have a private backyard, it can be hard to create that quiet oasis so many people dream about. However, there ...

A question for Dan Gill: We are having a discussion about cypress trees. It seems that some produce knees and others do not. Is this correct? -- Henry Answer: Yes, that is correct. Whether or not a ...

Forty years ago I discovered an unusual tree growing in the Lakewood neighborhood. It appeared to be a bald cypress, but the overall form was thinner and the foliage was quite different. After some ...