Maple trees display beautiful fall foliage, but are often too big for some yards. There is a maple tree variety, though, that's perfect for small spaces.

Q: My Japanese maple is behaving oddly. It has two types of leaves; part of it grows low to the ground with red leaves and the other grows straight up with green ones. How should I trim this strange ...

While some Japanese maple varieties offer year-round interest with their delicate shapes and varied leaf colours in spring and summer, it's in autumn when their foliage truly shines. They turn into ...

Japanese maples are not adapted to hot weather and can easily lose their leaves permanently in summer, but there is a simple way to keep them healthy and hydrated. If you wish to keep a Japanese maple ...

It may seem paradoxical, but sugar maple trees need snow to grow. Each winter, a deep blanket of snow — 8 inches deep or more — covers about 65 percent of northeastern sugar maples. Without this ...

EATONVILLE, Pierce County — Neon lines stretch across a forest thick with sword ferns, zigzagging across the landscape at about waist level. The blue and green tubes, which sometimes flow with liquid, ...

In a forest north of Olympia, blue tubing is tautly strung between bigleaf maples. Inside, ribbons of liquid slowly snake their way downhill. It’s a brisk late January day. The tree tops sway wildly ...