Last year, the white Christmas tree was the big to-do so, of course, the Christmas tree of the moment this year is… black?! Sure, it's a little morbid, but we do see many benefits to this year’s ...

The timing was everything. My favorite garden store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was holding a going-out-of-business sale, and in the middle of the August heat I found myself dreamily gliding through rows ...

Christmas is all about tradition, but that doesn’t mean you have to stick with the same holiday decorations every year. Case in point, the hot new trend for 2018 is black Christmas trees. That’s right ...

If you’ve been debating whether this is the year to try an artificial tree, consider this your gentle reminder that the switch can be surprisingly freeing. After years on Team Artificial, I can say ...

One woman says the unique trees actually put her in the holiday spirit. First lady Melania Trump decorated the halls of the White House with red Christmas trees but it is another, much more unique ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The black cherry or Prunus serotina is a species in the subgenus Padus with ...