Why Do Trees Lose Their Leaves? Trees typically lose their leaves seasonally before the winter to conserve water and energy ...

Nothing’s wrong — provided you know a little about how to read the tree leaves. Margaret Roach is the creator of the website and podcast A Way to Garden, and a book of the same name.

Leaves of many of our trees went straight from green to dead brown this fall when a flash freeze hit on Nov. 11. Here's why they're still hanging on ...

Along similar lines, trees use the solstice to fine-tune the “winding down”, or senescence, of their leaves in preparation for autumn. Senescence allows the tree to reabsorb critical nutrients from ...

I usually have the leaves shed by our two towering silver maple trees collected and mulched by Thanksgiving. This year, loads of leaves still haven’t dropped, and those that did are buried by a ...