Fast-growing trees don't always store more carbon. In tough environments, slow but resilient species store more.

Aiken Master Gardeners return to the Aiken Farmers Market in April. Bring your horticultural questions to the Master ...

where the trees absorb the sun’s energy and help keep everything cooler, but it’s a problem in a cool locale where every bit ...

This extraordinary chemical absorbs from sunlight the energy that is used in transforming ... Some mixtures give rise to the reddish and purplish fall colors of trees such as dogwoods and sumacs, ...

As the weather gets colder, the days get darker, and there is less sunlight for them to munch on, the rest of the tree starts to absorb these useful parts of the leaves. It then stores them for ...

Leaves absorb light and make food for the ... Plants turn light from the Sun into food so that they can grow. A tree's stem is called its trunk. Some plants, like the Venus fly trap, are ...