Even though different types of oak trees are beautiful to plant in your ... Japanese maples, in particular, are beautiful ornamental maples that are smaller in size with leaves that are equally ...

as it can spread to neighboring trees by root grafting or by sap feeding beetles and/or oak bark beetles. Northern red oak is frequently planted as an ornamental due to its bright red fall foliage.

Last week I touched a nerve with my discussion of ornamental pears and the process of topping to preserve these trees. I rather expected this reaction as I penned the article. I knew I was pushing ...