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These skyscraping superstars are the stalwart examples of their species Trees have many interesting features and uses, but it's perhaps their height that inspires the most reverie. Humans may have a ...

A lot of our native trees are on the small size. This works very well for small backyards and patios, but sometimes you just need a tall tree to provide lots of shade and to draw your eye upward to ...

Big Lonely Doug is a sight to behold—achingly beautiful yet incredibly sad. The thousand-year-old, two-hundred-foot Douglas Fir stands in the midst of a vast clear-cut on the rugged west coast of ...

The 57-foot-tall tree is lit up in their backyard, believed to be one of the largest man-made Christmas trees in Louisiana’s ...

It feels like everything is bigger at Costco, and it’s not just true for the oversized pantry and personal care essentials. Costco’s plant selection is especially big (not to mention beautiful!), and ...

The holiday season officially arrived at the Grove Tuesday morning. Mall officials said the 80-year-old, 100-foot-tall Christmas tree now at the outdoor shopping center was specially selected from the ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...