Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...
Some years, fall foliage in Mississippi can be somewhat lackluster, but there is one tree, the Sweet Gum, that never fails to sport vibrant, autumnal color. The varying hues of its star-shaped leaves ...
Why was I not surprised to read that four of the five messiest trees can be found in my yard? Sweet gum, magnolia, pecan and oak merit mention as most prolific droppers of leaves, nuts, seeds and ...
When I was a child, my dad planted a sweet gum tree in our Florida backyard. The tree grew quickly in the sandy soil and ...
Q. We have two sweet gum trees in our backyard that are mature and their leaves appear healthy, but one tree trunk near the ground has black bark. No outside growth like moss —pretty normal-looking ...