All but the very slowest growing varieties of conifers will root from cuttings. If you have a Leyland cypress or another variety of conifer hedge, you could use trimmings from hedge pruning as a ...

As the festive season approaches, evergreen conifers like spruce and pine adorn homes worldwide. But while Christmas trees ...

Conifers survive freezing winters with resilience and unique photosynthesis strategies. Scientists reveal their mechanisms.

By looking at the growth rings within fossil wood, we can create a picture of what the climate was like when that tree was growing. Dr Paul Kenrick, one of our experts on the early evolution of life, ...

Conifers such as spruce and pine, essential symbols of the festive season, are adapted to thrive in some of the planet’s harshest conditions. Found predominantly in boreal forests, these trees ...

The remains of a 53-million-year-old “polar forest” were unearthed during excavations near Macquarie Harbor in western ...

And what’s a great way to offer all three? Plant small conifer trees for birds! Seed-filled or berrylike cones offer food for birds like crossbills, while dense branches provide four-season ...

Spruces do not retain their needles for long, the needles are quite sharp, and the needles are not aromatic like those of ...

In the distant past, they outpaced plants such as conifers and ferns, which predate them, but how they did this has has been a mystery. New research suggests it is down to genome size - and small ...