Trees

A DNR Forester shares how to successfully establish conservation plantings with bare root seedlings.

How to take care of bare root seedlings.

There are so many plant species out there, each with its own scientific and common names. Each of those species has multiple cultivars with their own names, too. That adds up to a whole lot of names.

Ash trees within 15 miles of a known infestation are considered at high risk of attack. Experts say preventative insecticide treatments can help protect healthy ash trees. But once there’s significant damage, the tree is unlikely to recover.

Each year a variety of weather conditions impact the fall color we see across the trees.

Shea Hembrey, who just completed an artist fellowship at the University of Iowa, creates “landscape paintings” using colorful soil supplements to plant trees and promote native bird conservation.

When it's time to get some work done on your house, it's important to protect the trees in your landscape.

Protect the trees in your landscape during construction projects

Spring blooming trees only put on a show for a couple of weeks each year in the state of Iowa, but the show can be spectacular.

The king of crab apples shares some of his favorite spring blooming trees and talk about why magnolias seem to be having an off year