There are few trees so universally beloved as the conifer. In winter, they’re a classic, enchanting image as their branches droop with snow. In summer, they provide much-needed shade — and shelter for ...

Mighty oaks and ornamental maples are beautiful in their own right, but there’s something to be said about the year-round greenery that conifer trees add to your yard. The presence of cones ...

A huge set of overgrown conifer trees at a GP surgery car park are to be cut down after neighbours complained. The enormous leylandii, looming over a row of houses in Skelton, led to a formal ...

Conifers are commonly thought to be synonymous with "evergreen trees," which stay green through the year. However, not all conifers—also known as softwoods—remain green and keep their needles ...

Get started growing evergreens from seed! Conifers don’t grow easily, but with a little patience you can learn how to grow evergreen trees from seeds in your own backyard. We’ve all heard the old ...

Coloradans are lucky. In the dead of winter, when the landscape looks brown and dead or is covered by snow, we have the many hues of green conifers to remind us that spring will come again. In ...

The trees surrounding Wheatland tower overhead, yet in one corner, the plants can be crushed by the tiniest feet. Here, in the dwarf conifer garden, a circle of twigs surrounds a 5-inch tall ...

When you think of “conifers”, tall, conical shaped trees often found in public parks or front yards may spring to mind. But these impressive trees are far more fascinating than you may have realised, ...

Lush, sprawling forests, trails littered with cones and the clean, waxy smell of evergreens in the crisp morning air: Colorado. This state is known for its towering lodgepole pines, pale blue spruces ...