What Are Hardwood Trees

This tree is light brown or beige in color, and extremely dense.In Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, this brown and yellow tree is known as Iroko, but the scientific name is Milicia excelsa.

Vilmoriniana, has leaves with smooth rather than felty undersides. It depends, as so many things do, on the eye of the beholder!Images: The thumbnail photo is by growin from the Dave's Garden PlantFiles.

Prune it every winter to keep the canopy higher. The leaves are aromatic, up to 12 inches long, while each leaflet grows to about 2 ½ inches. It shoots up rapidly to it mature height, usually about 40 feet, and often grows branches as wide as wide as...

The tipu has a large trunk that buttresses out at the base. They prefer acidic soil but also tolerate slightly alkaline soil.Although tipu trees are reputedly drought resistant, tipu tree care means providing regular irrigation.

Visible emerald ash borer characteristics and damage may be lessened with soil treatments and bark and foliage sprays.For the homeowner who spots ash borer damage and wishes to do their own ash tree borer treatment, a soil application of imidacloprid...

It occasionally grows on sands with till or loam beneath. The small, petal-less blossoms are purple and grow in clusters. Read on for more information about black ash trees and black ash tree cultivation.The tree has smooth bark when it is young but the...

After this, however, growth will slow down. The lychee fruit you buy in the store is often hybridized, and the likelihood that the resulting tree will match its parent is very low.Also, the trees are slow to mature, and it could take as long as 20 years...

This is a preventative spray, not a cure. Here are a few things you can do to protect your susceptible oaks:Allow 15 feet between the trunk of an oak tree and other susceptible species, such as bay laurel and rhododendron.Spray the fungicide Agri-fos...

On the other hand, taste the fruit to see if you like it. Either sand or loam works well. Wait until it is ripe and falls from the tree. The shedding bark on trunks and branches is attractive.

This will allow the tree to re-sprout a central leader to form another Christmas tree for the future. Proceed slowly and carefully. The best time for cutting your own Christmas tree is between late November and mid-December.

Read on to learn about this important disease of oaks.Oak wilt is a serious disease of oak trees, caused by the fungal pathogen, which is believed to be native. Sadly, many problems can interfere with gardening goals, including oak wilt disease, a serious...

If you want to know how to grow a Shantung maple, read on. You can identify them by the smooth edges on the leaves. Then they deepen to bight orange and finally turn into a gorgeous blazing red.Shantung maple trees work well as small shade trees and can...

If you would like to know how to propagate a clove tree, read on for clove propagation methods and tips.Clove trees grow in wet, tropical regions. With regular trimming, clove trees can also be grown in pots indoors or on the patio, likeThe most common...

They are subject to wood rot, and landowners have to pay the high cost of tree removal or risk collapse.Another thing that all maples have in common is their fruit, called samaras.

This specimen is not drought tolerant, so be sure to maintain a regular irrigation schedule, but don't drown it!Bring a little patience with your dove tree plant care — the tree may take 10 years to flower – but with proper care will give you and...

Potted lychee trees really need to be kept warm. In order for fruiting to occur, it helps to allow the plant to spend spring and summer outdoors where proper pollination can take place.

That is where the trees thrive.When you start growing a Tatarian maple, you don't have to be picky about soil. They can grow happily in a wide range of acidic soils, from highly acidic to neutral.You'll do best to site Tatarian maple trees in a location...

The seeds are hairy but, otherwise, look something like corn kernels. It accepts almost any type of well-drained soil inU.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zonesand loam.

Fertilize lacebark elm in early spring and again in late autumn, well before the soil freezes.It's critical to select a fertilizer that releases nitrogen into the soil slowly, as a quick release of nitrogen can cause weak growth and severe structural...

They may suffer from the disease but it will not kill them. You can see symptoms of elm yellow disease in leaves during the summer, mid-July through September. Read on for information about the symptoms of elm yellow disease and whether there is any effective...

In summer you'll enjoy a neat, oval-shaped canopy of dark green leaves. The trees tolerate urban conditions, including air pollution, but they won't tolerate street salts or dry, compacted soil.The branches are strong and withstand all kinds of wind and...

It can grow in sandy, salty, alkaline, and dry soils. The Geiger tree () might be the tree for you. Several related trees in the Cordia genus feature white or yellow flowers and enjoy similar conditions.Geiger trees are native to the Caribbean islands...

The bark is a thin grayish brown and the wood is pithy and weak, prone to breaking in the wind or due to overwatering.The flowers are the standout, appearing in late winter. Then in the dry season, the weight of the tree can actually pull it out of the...

Because of their deep root system they can tolerate drought reasonably well once they are established. They are hardy from USDA zone 3 through 9. Keep reading to learn some white oak tree facts and how to include white oak trees in the landscape of your...

Again, the smoke tree blooms are like feathery, fuzzy flowers and look like a beautiful cloud of smoke.Growing smoke trees is easy but you should be careful not to damage the bark.

These pods are attractive and can remain on the tree into winter. Different cultivars offer different tree forms and some have superior fall color. However, each contains many seeds that sprout quickly.

Dried lychees, called lychee or litchi nuts, are also popular and are similar to raisins. Lychee fruit has many uses. Lychees are quite high in vitamin C, as well as vitamin B, potassium, thiamin, niacin, folate, and copper, making them a healthy food...