Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper tip blight, flowering crabapples to apple scab, elms to Dutch elm ...

Researchers and volunteers plant elm trees in a field at Boutwells Landing senior living community in Oak Park Heights on Friday, May 16, 2025. The University of Minnesota researchers hope the trees ...

After being nearly wiped out by Dutch elm disease, the elm tree is returning. Elms are being replanted around the country. In Washington, D.C., elms are being planted along Pennsylvania Ave. in front ...

Late April is an excellent time weather-wise to plant a tree, which is why Pennsylvania decided decades ago to mark the last Friday of each April as Arbor Day. Nebraska newspaper editor J. Sterling ...

Above: An elm-lined street in St. Paul, MN, before most of the trees were killed by Dutch Elm Disease. Although the American elm persists in forests and pockets of cities and towns, Dutch Elm Disease ...

The last 19 original trees in St. Helena’s historic elm tunnel were removed in November, the victims of Dutch elm disease. Meanwhile, a group of volunteers wants future generations to experience once ...

The 36 trees planted last week at Boutwells Landing senior living community in Oak Park Heights have a big job: To help revitalize the state’s elm population. The American elm trees, each about 2 ...