9. Paper Bark Maple (Acer griseum) ‘This has orange peeling bark which adds intense winter interest to what is a low-maintenance, easy-to-establish, small-sized tree,’ says Lisa.

Native Americans taught the European settlers how to make maple syrup. They would cut a gash in the tree and collect the sap in containers made of tree bark. All the sap collected was poured into a ...

Wet, clay ground and thriving. Late last summer, I noticed the leaves were dead suddenly, and the bark on the trunk was completely loose and falling off. No other trees or shrubs within 50 feet (black ...

At the edge of my meadow, there stands a lone maple tree that is quite apart from any other ... Porcupines are pure vegetarians and they spend most of their time eating tree leaves and bark. In the ...

"As the tree is waking up, the chemistry of the sap allows us to produce a delicate maple syrup. As the season progresses, that sap is changing to get ready to put buds and leaves on the trees and ...