This is a regular occurrence each fall, but the weather may have contributed to the abundance of galls around oak trees across Houston. That's not necessarily a good thing.

Don’t worry, your tree is just infected with the disease called oak leaf blister. Oak leaf blister is caused by the fungus Taphrina caerulescens.

This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll try to diagnose an oak disease and get your landscape plants well watered for the fall. The panelist answers viewers' questions about insects and pests, lawn ...

If acorns keep fallin’ on your head this fall, you’re likely one of many Texans getting struck by a natural phenomenon. Oak trees in North Texas are producing an abundant amount of acorns this ...

Well, that’s the most common thought. But, you know, there are some people that think, okay, when oak trees get really stressed, they put on a bumper crop of acorns just kind of in case they die.

The towering burr oak is thought to have been part of the eastern Coles County landscape since the days of Abraham Lincoln and possibly beyond. The tree has been a landmark of sorts for Douglas ...

Now Growing: Underplantings for oak treesThe Bay Area is home to many established valley oak trees, and new homeowners and gardeners often are confused as to how to care for them and what to plant ...

Fall is the best time of year in Maine, but it’s also when my huge, 100-year-old oak trees decide to make my life miserable by first dropping billions of acorns on my lawn, and then, when I’ve ...

Life & Culture A field guide to trees and their fall colors Published: Oct. 05, 2020, 5:00 a.m.

A • The “tassels” that drop from oak trees are called catkins, and they are the spent male flowers whose purpose is to shed pollen that is carried by the wind to female flowers.