M.B.: You are in luck. The Persian parrotia (Parrotia persica) is known and loved by our local nurseries, but it can sell quickly and only the refined customer (that would be you) knows to buy it. The ...

The Persian parrotia or Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica) is a lovely medium-sized tree that looks interesting year-round. The trunk is relatively short and branches grow just inches from the ground ...

This member of the witch hazel family is a tough tree, which tolerates heat, drought and poor soils. In the fall, Parrotia leaves turn yellow, mixed with shades of orange and red. As it ages, the bark ...

Back in the 1970s, responding to the loss of 30 million elm trees, the then Department of the Environment encouraged us to "Plant a tree in 73" (the slogan the following year was, inelegantly, "Plant ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Newly planted trees line North Main Street in Leominster on Tuesday, part of a citywide campaign.

A team of paleobotanists from China and Germany recently reported the discovery of a Parrotia flower from approximately 15 million years ago perfectly preserved in amber from Zhangpu, East China's ...

With the hundreds of new plants hitting the garden market these days, you’d think discovery of a new plant species was as common as injury-lawyer TV commercials during the evening news. But by far, ...

Some of the most important things I have learned have come from reader and listener tips, trying things others have said won't work and stumbling onto to some fact that started as a mistake. During ...