A year-and-a-half long search for Michigan’s biggest trees resulted in 16 new potential state champion trees and the discovery of a massive weeping willow in Shiawassee County. While not a new state ...

As a kid, I thought Alfred Joyce Kilmer’s poem “Trees” — I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree — was a rather childish, simple rhyme. But I realize his words are right on. We’ve all ...

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, graceful branches that swayed in the breeze. It was also a magnificent mess.

The huge weeping willow tree near the Stilling Basin at Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area in Bern Township stands no more. “That came about because we evaluated that tree, as we do with a lot of our ...

You don’t have to be a tree expert to recognize a “Weeping Willow” tree. Native to China, Salix babylonica, commonly called weeping willow or Babylon weeping willow, is a medium to large shade tree ...

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, graceful branches that swayed in the breeze. It was also a magnificent mess.

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, graceful branches that swayed in the breeze. It was also a magnificent mess.