Seeing a tree shed its bark in coils can be cause for alarm, but for Acer griseum ... Its spring buds are purplish-green and unfurl into bright green leaves. Greenish-yellow flowers appear ...

Less well known is the fact that the bark on many kinds of trees is green and photosynthetic, capturing carbon dioxide and making sugars, which is usually the job of the leaves. Cells containing ...

The last cinnamon bark tree that must be mentioned is big berry manzanita (Arctostphylos glauca). It grows slowly to a height of 20 feet with an equal spread. Two trees with green trunks deserve ...

For that sought-after autumnal beauty, look no further than the autumn blaze maple (Acer x freemanii ... of small red or green flowers. Occasionally, they produce fruit in pairs of semi-diverged, ...