Home on the Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Grange Hall in North Pole. The topic this week is “Invasive Species,” particularly the popular ornamental chokecherry tree. Both Prunus padus, ...

Chokecherries, North Dakota's new state fruit, are under attack from an ugly black lump. The black knot fungus is "the scourge of chokecherries. It's really bad," said Ron Smith, North Dakota State ...

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Alaskans have a love-hate relationship with mayday trees. The mayday tree (Prunus padus), aka European bird cherry, and its cousin the chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) have historically been popular ...

A group of Williston students made history Monday when their yearlong efforts on behalf of the chokecherry came to a fruitful end. On a 92-1 vote, the North Dakota House agreed to make the chokecherry ...

During these days of stay at home COVID-19 guidelines, we have had plenty of time to enjoy our backyard, flowers, trees, and birds. It is good to find something positive to focus on throughout these ...

Volunteers work in Anchorage’s Tikishla Park on Aug. 19 to pull out invasive chokecherry trees, also known as European bird cherry trees. The volunteers were participating in a “weed smackdown” that ...

Friends and I took a wonderful detour while biking to the beach last weekend. It was one of those first warm but crisp days of late summer. The land had shrugged off the deep, oppressive humidity of ...

As we exit May, we can look out on a green foliated forest. The trees that began the month bare are now nearly complete in wearing their leafy attire. It began with the small shrubs of elderberry and ...

Question: What is this white coating on the leaves of my chokecherry tree, and what would you recommend to get rid of it? Answer: The likely culprit for those symptoms at this time of year in New ...