Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starling bird in a cherry tree - MK-DEV/Shutterstock Living in an apartment, rental, or simply having a small backyard can make it ...

Alaskans have a love-hate relationship with mayday trees. The mayday tree (Prunus padus), aka European bird cherry, and its cousin the chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) have historically been popular ...

August has arrived and our mailbox is once again filled with nursery catalogs, all promoting the same kinds of plants. If you want new daffodils, tulips, hyacinths or smaller bulbs like bluebells to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prunus cerasus, better known as the pie cherry tree or sour cherry tree, is a cold-hardy variety that grows in USDA Zones 3 ...

If you want to nurture birds in your yard, you cannot go wrong by planting a black cherry tree (Prunus serotina). It is considered a keystone species, which means it has a disproportionately large ...

Volunteers work in Anchorage’s Tikishla Park on Aug. 19 to pull out invasive chokecherry trees, also known as European bird cherry trees. The volunteers were participating in a “weed smackdown” that ...

Tricia Howe, a volunteer working at the Aug. 19, 2023,"weed smackdown" at Anchorage's Tikishla Park, pulls another felled European bird cherry tree to put on a pile near the park's softball field.

Editor's note: Thomas Christopher is retiring his Be-A-Better-Gardener column in favor of focusing on his podcast, "Growing Greener," which is available at ...

Q: What sort of netting can I use on a cherry tree that will prevent birds from eating the cherries, and also doesn't snag birds? Also, will ground squirrels chew up the netting? A: Your concerns ...

Growing a fruit tree might seem like a fantasy if you live somewhere with limited outdoor space, but this cherry tree can be ...