Last month, this column focused on the desirable characteristics of Christmas trees, one of which is good needle retention.

WHAT: Contorted filbert, also known as Harry Lauder’s walking stick or corylus avellana contorta, is a deciduous tree with spiraled, mangled branches that provide striking winter interest in Northwest ...

We bought a 'Harry Lauder' walking stick bush, and it is doing very well. However, the bush has shot out additional limbs from the bottom that are straight and about 18 inches high. We were wondering ...

Q: I was reading your response to a reader's question about a contorted filbert. You mentioned pruning. I thought, "Pruning? Am I supposed to prune it?" It has such fascinating limbs that I've just ...

I know for sure that spring has sprung because there is jewelry dangling from the tree right outside my library window. Every spring the garden begins to accessorize with brighter colors. But when my ...

A friend and I were enjoying breakfast at the Burger King on Whitesburg Drive and couldn't help but notice that wonderful gnarly, small tree that still has "cigar-shaped" dead leaves on it. It sort of ...