Q: The wind has caused a crack in a 4-inch branch on a hackberry tree that extends over our driveway. Can a limb like that be bound or screwed back together? A: Without a photo I’m not coming near ...

A reader has questions on native plants. Plus, the plant pick of the week. "As a member of the New Braunfels chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, I want to respond to negative comments you've ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Hackberries are native to Alabama, where I grew up, but I was a child ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield-Greene County Park Board says a landmark of Jordan Valley Park was lost to the severe storms that hit Springfield on Tuesday. The Horton Alexander Hackberry tree — ...

"As a member of the New Braunfels chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, I want to respond to negative comments you've recently made about the native hackberry tree. Hackberry acts as a larval ...