Let's Talk Plants!

By Robin Y Rivet, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. October is prime tree planting time. Suppose you’d like an evergreen with...

By Tim Clancy for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. Tree Adoption Process Thank you for your interest in adopting a rescue tree from the...

By Robin Y Rivet. Ficus carica - edible fig: cross section showing syconium. Did you ever wonder why you don’t see flowers on fig trees?...

By Tim Clancy. One of my favorite trees these days is the silk oak, Grevillea robusta. I was fascinated by its flowers when I first saw...

By Robin Y Rivet. Is your neighborhood lined with large, mature street trees? The odds are against it. · Older communities once revered...

By Tim Clancy. I am sure most of you are familiar with the great storyteller Aesop and his fables. The most famous one being the The Hare...

By Robin Y Rivet. I’m ‘fessing up. I get too many calls to identify commonly cultivated tree species, but the task is daunting due to the...