Q. I hate those sweet gum balls. I heard there is a way to prevent them. Can you tell me more? Does anyone have any good use for the blasted things? I know those hanging are going to start dropping ...

With the groundhogs back underground, Valentine's Day celebrated and warmth disrupting winter, some of us who look closely at trees and shrubs are perceiving any number of details. One of the ...

Spiky round fruiting structures which hold the seeds as well as star-shaped leaves are signature characteristics of the sweetgum, a tree native to southern Indiana and utilized ornamentally throughout ...

Sweet gum is a common tree in the forests of central New Jersey and points south, and from the Atlantic to Texas. It also grows in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, a survivor from a time ...

The Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered that one of its sweet gum trees—hidden in plain sight until now—was a seed aboard the maiden voyage of space shuttle Discovery almost 35 years ago. Ahead ...

Most people who have Sweet Gum trees develop a “love-hate” relationship with their tree or trees. These trees have pretty star-shaped leaves with either 5 or 7 points. They grow pyramidal in shape to ...