Q: I am seeing a small tree covered in white blooms on the roadsides right now. What is this tree, and is it a good tree for my yard? A: You are describing the Chickasaw plum trees that are blooming ...

*Growth habit: A deciduous tree often sprouting more than one trunk and having a rounded shape growing to 20 feet tall and wide. The leaves are bright green, lancelike in shape and growing to 3 inches ...

If you live in a small house or apartment with a tiny patio, choosing a tree can feel like a gamble. You want shade, flowers, maybe even fruit, but you do not want roots lifting the floor or cracking ...

Driving to Athens on Georgia 316 last week, I kept glancing at the many Chickasaw plum thickets sporting their shimmering white blossoms along the highway. A small, native tree, the Chickasaw plum ...

We live in a wonderful forest with many large towering trees. Often overlooked are our many smaller trees. Smaller trees can be very useful in a landscape when you need something to fit into a small ...

I knew something odd was happening when I got to a forgotten corner of the garden the other day and realized that a four-year old Chickasaw plum was dead. The Chickasaw is sometimes called the ...

Flatwoods plum is the nearly identical, but less well known, cousin of Chickasaw plum. Both natives are small trees that produce a cloud of creamy blooms in spring. Flatwoods is easier to maintain, ...