But this month, the climb reached a summit: Clackamas County has agreed to turn the area into a park and selected a plan for the park's design ... and twisting madrone trees were known as tax ...

After Menzies died, the tree was renamed “Arbutus menziesii” in his honor. If you fancy manzanitas with their richly colored, smooth bark, you’ll love the Pacific madrone. It looks like its ...

Arbutus menziesii, a broadleaf evergreen hardwood tree, is best known as Pacific madrone. It is most often found along Puget Sound, and in the Oregon and California coast ranges; it is also ...

SANTA CRUZ — A madrone tree tucked away in the parking lot of the Cruzio Internet and Ecology Action building on Cedar Street in Santa Cruz was spared Tuesday after residents in the neighboring ...

Question: I love madrone trees. We have some up in the hills near our house. Would it be possible to buy one and plant it in our yard? Where might I get it and other native plants? Answer ...

The Pacific madrone is a stately tree, flourishing on the California coast with its big, broad, evergreen leaves and distinguishing red, exfoliating bark. But one madrone towers above the rest ...

You may not realize this, but strawberries grow on trees. They do, that is, if the tree is Arbutus unedo. The strawberry tree is part of the Arbutus genus, made up of 14 species of evergreen ...

Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis) is an ornamental native Texas tree that is appreciated for its peeling bark, spring flowers and fall berries. Howard Garrett contends it will grow in North Texas ...

SANTA CRUZ — A madrone tree tucked away in the parking lot of a Santa Cruz office building was spared after residents of a neighboring building protested its scheduled removal — with one man ...