Considered a must-have decoration for many who celebrate Christmas and open gifts with loved ones each year, the Christmas tree's interesting history most likely dates back at least two millennia.

Silver buttonwood fruits were used to create this silvery themed lei at this year’s Lei Day in Kapiolani Park. Weissich found a flat of seedlings. Some were green and some were silvery. One keiki ...

Ginkgo tolerates a wide range of rough conditions such as downtown urban sites, smoky areas, air pollution and confined root system spaces. (Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) I have one of the ...

The holidays are officially here, which means many will be propping a real or fake Christmas tree up in the home. That is, if they haven't already. So here are some facts about Christmas trees (real ...

I love a palm tree. They’ve always put a smile on my face. If they make you smile too, you’ll love my list of 10 fun facts about the palm tree. 1. There are a lot of different kinds of palm trees -- ...

As the leaves fall and the winter landscape is unveiled, the beauty of winter takes on a dramatic look all its own. Intriguing shapes and silhouettes are suddenly visible now that the leaves have ...

Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to prune them and what insect and ...

The decorated holiday tree can be traced back to the ancient Romans who decorated trees with small pieces of metal during Saturnalia, a winter solstice festival in honor of Saturnus, the god of ...

With the recent storms in our area, and more that are yet to come, I've been thinking quite a bit about how trees in general, and Big Country trees specifically, deal with winds and other facets of ...