After days camped out in a Chinese tallow tree to prevent its removal, Uptown resident Lynda Bermuda finally came down from her perch this week after a city official promised efforts to cut it down ...

Four jugs of water and a pillow hung from Lynda Bermuda's Chinese tallow tree Friday afternoon as she sat on a foldable lawn chair tied to one of its branches and refused to come down. The Uptown ...

There is an attractive tree that you may have noticed or even have growing in your yard. Tall and graceful, it has fluttering heart-shaped blue-green leaves in summer that turn yellow or red in the ...

Q: I am trying to remove lawn grass from a part of my yard. There are three large, old crape myrtles in that area, and they have extensive root systems. In removing the grass, I have damaged their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock The rampant growth of Chinese tallow trees in and around New Orleans has caused a conundrum for scientists ...

Standing beneath a gnarled Chinese tallow tree on a cold day, the small bunch of 4- and 5-year-olds were reminded that trees live, breathe and drink water. That tree’s broken branches had regrown, ...

Terry Powers, 75, has been a lawyer, a car salesman and a jazz musician. Now, he’s a Buddhist beekeeper. “Better karma,” he said, tending to his hives on a recent sunny morning in Lower Coast Algiers.