Just about everyone in Skiatook knows what an eastern red cedar is. It is the wild, native evergreen seen in abandoned fields and along fencelines. Although an attractive winter tree, it can be very ...

An eastern red cedar thrives in a suburban landscape. - butterfly's dream/Shutterstock Planting large trees is one of the best ways to create some privacy, allowing you to enjoy nature from the ...

Many people would laugh out loud if they heard someone say cedar trees don’t grow in Missouri. The laughter would probably continue until they looked in a tree book and found out that — according to ...

Many Americans continue the European tradition of the Christmas tree. In Europe, people used spruces and firs to decorate their homes. This week on Discover Nature we look for another Missouri ...

A lone eastern red cedar grows on the northern border of our property where it sprouted several years ago. Every year I pull cedar sprouts as I weed the garden and the flowerbeds, and my husband mows ...

A cedar waxwing forages for food on the branch of an Eastern red-cedar tree in Jefferson City. Cedar waxwings earn their name for their affinity for the fruits of Eastern red-cedar trees. Over the ...

This year the Leon County Adopt-a-Tree is the eastern red cedar. This pleasant evergreen tree is commonly planted in parks and yards throughout most of the eastern U.S. Even though we refer to this ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska lawmakers are looking for new ways to fight a fast-spreading tree species that crowds out other plants, destroys valuable ranchland and threatens the Great Plains from Texas ...

Q. I am wondering what you might know about the small “red cedar trees” that seem to be invading fencerows and highways, especially U.S. 31 north of Kokomo. I think a column from you would be ...

Question: I would love to have a live B&B or container tree for a Christmas tree, then plant it in the ground after Christmas. Would a Eastern Cedar survive if I brought it inside for a couple of ...