(WFSB) - If you’ve noticed tiny red-leaved tree seedlings in your lawn or garden, you’re not alone. Many Connecticut residents have been reporting them popping up in their neighborhoods recently.

The silver maple tree (Acer saccharinum) is one of the most common trees in North America. It generally grows 50 to 80 feet tall, though a 10-year-old sapling will stand approximately 25 feet tall.

Maple syrup season is just getting underway, and clouds of steam rise from the evaporators Derik and Sue Zimmel have set up in the driveway of their Leech Lake cabin to boil away the excess liquid on ...

In the late winter months, when nighttime and daytime temperatures oscillate from deep-freezing to above-freezing, an imperceptible shift begins to take place in the trees around us. This huge ...

Along with other local gardeners, I recently went on a trip to New England to see the wonderful fall color in the deciduous forests up there. A large proportion of the color was provided by maples, ...

Japanese maples are pretty and mostly hardy trees within their growing zone. Like most trees, however, they still need ...

Indigenous people tapped maple trees for centuries, but the warming climate is changing sugar season Warming temperatures and extreme weather stresses the maple trees Syrup producers are taking steps ...

Many people travel to New England in October to see the wonderful fall color in the deciduous forests. A large proportion of the color is provided by maples, including the sugar maple, red maple and ...

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