I opened the Yakima Area Arboretum’s “The Weekly Leaf” newsletter on Feb. 15 and was immediately drawn to the announcement “Let the Blooming Begin!” The big news was that the arboretum’s witch hazels ...

Coppicing may seem, on paper, a somewhat brutal pruning technique as trees or shrubs are cut back to the ground. However, it is a historic and beneficial method of managing plants that comes with ...