Watch the laburnum tree in full bloom and see why its bright yellow flowers hide a more dangerous side. While it looks harmless and decorative, parts of the tree are toxic and can cause serious ...

This time last year, I was in northern Wales, waiting in line to see the peak of flowering on the laburnum trees. This year those gardens will have no such line. Still, they will bloom, with or ...

Among the most brilliant of flowering trees are those in the Fabaceae, or legume, family of plants. Imagine, for example, a tree with long golden chains of five-petaled flowers, so profuse that they ...

Spring-flowering trees bring color and beauty to our late winter and spring landscapes. The earliest flowering types typically begin to bloom in late January or February (although they are blooming a ...