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Magnolias

Spectacular trees all year long April 2025 by Steve Carroll, Contributing Columnist Magnolias are justly admired for their striking, fragrant spring flowers. While red...

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Why Be Evergreen?

Why Be Evergreen?

Advantages and disadvantages of trees losing leaves in winter January-February 2025 by Steve Carroll, Contributing Columnist As I write this column, most of our trees have dropped their leaves and will remain leaf-free until spring. Most trees, though not all. Obvious...

Eastern Hophornbeam

Eastern Hophornbeam

A tree for all seasons  October 2024 by Steve Carroll, Contributing Columnist Despite having four-season interest, Eastern hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)...

Spicing Up the Season

Spicing Up the Season

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Black Walnut: Massive and Messy

Black Walnut: Massive and Messy

The good, the bad and the nutty June 2024 by Steve Carroll, Contributing Columnist A landowner with a mature, open-grown black walnut is fortunate indeed, able to appreciate this tree’s massive presence; thick,...

Flowering Dogwood

Flowering Dogwood

Virginia’s state flower and tree April 2024 by Steve Carroll, Contributing Columnist Flowering dogwood is a small tree that makes a dramatic and much-admired statement in early spring. The Virginia Native Plant Society named it their 2018 Flower of the Year, and in...

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Virginia pine deserves a second look January-February 2024 by Steve Carroll, Contributing Columnist If you live in the mid-Atlantic, you’ve surely seen Virginia pine, though you may have given it just a passing...