It’s one thing to drive along a quiet street and gaze at the explosion of rich colors that autumn leaves grace much of the nation as the trees begin their transition toward winter. It’s another thing ...

In elementary school, most of us learned the basic differences between deciduous and coniferous trees. Deciduous trees have leaves that change color and drop in the fall, and coniferous trees have ...

Do you ever find yourself eagerly waiting for something to start blooming only to be let down when flowering so quickly passes? It happens to most of us. Instead, the foliage-forward designer ...

Every fall, Coloradans and visitors dust off their cameras and binoculars to take in the fall colors. But each year’s display has a lot to do with one key factor, water, and whether there’s enough of ...

Fall is marked by the slow, beautiful change of green foliage to vibrant colors. As the temperatures drop and the days grow shorter, leaves stop making chlorophyll, a pigment responsible for the ...

Three main ingredients lead to spectacular fall color display: species that have the potential to turn intense color, ideal weather (i.e., sunny and dry conditions, cool nights), and large landscapes ...

Above: This photo tells an entire story. Taken at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee in January, it shows most of the deciduous trees are bare. However, you can easily see the light tan colors of ...

The recreational pursuits of birding and wildflowering mostly involve finding and subsequently naming individual birds and wildflowers. As fun as those pursuits genuinely are, identity involves much ...

Early October is a time of much color. The trees that have been here in full foliage since May now give us a superb show before dropping their food-producing leaves. Using chlorophyll throughout the ...

Normally at this time of year, people plan drives to take a look at the changing fall colors. But this year, Arkansans are wondering if there will be any fall color. It has not been our best growing ...