Are you constantly contending with patches of excess water in your yard? Here is the native tree you should consider planting ...

The accompanying photograph is of a columnar sweetgum tree with fall foliage in the North Carolina Botanical Garden. It is an extreme example of a slender cultivar of a common tree.

Brush up on your tree well safety ahead of what could be a deep snow year.

For example, trapped inverted in a tree well, hands caught in pole straps can be a matter of life or death. Letting them flap in the wind is easy enough to do.