Growing trees is a longer term project but anyone can do it. Consider height and foliage when selecting varieties for you yard, and get tips for maintaining healthy trees.
Japanese maple tree in sun and shadow with green and orange leaves
How to Grow and Care for Osakazuki Japanese Maple
Reddish-orange maple tree with rounded canopy.
How to Grow October Glory Maple Trees
Closeup of Inaba Shidare Japanese maple tree.
How to Grow Inaba Shidare Japanese Maple
Coral bark maple tree with long extending branches with dense light green leaves
How to Grow and Care for Coral Bark Maple ('Sango Kaku' Maple)
Ivory silk lilac tree with thick branches and small white flower clusters in wooded area
How to Grow and Care for Ivory Silk Lilac Tree
Forest pansy redbud tree branches with pink heart-shaped leaves hanging
How to Grow and Care for Forest Pansy Redbud Trees
A Chinese pistache showing its amazing fall colors in Japan.
How to Grow and Care for Chinese Pistache
White willow tree with yellow and green leaves on drooping branches near a pond
How to Grow and Care for White Willow
Yoshino cherry tree in bloom with white blossoms on sprawling branches
How to Grow and Care for Yoshino Cherry Trees
White mulberry tree with sunlight on dense branches of leaves
How to Grow and Care for White Mulberry Trees
Avocado tree with branches full of dark green leaves and fruit hanging
How to Grow and Care for an Avocado Tree
Taylor juniper trees lined in a row with tall cone-like shapes
How to Grow and Care for Taylor Juniper
Longleaf pine tree with long yellow-green needles on branches
How to Grow and Care for Longleaf Pine
Joshua tree top with light green and yellow rosettes on end of branches
How to Grow and Care for Yucca Brevifolia (Joshua Tree)
Crepe myrtle tree with pink flower clusters and small leaves
How to Grow and Care for Crepe Myrtle
Silver maple tree with long and thin sprawling branches covered with leaves
How to Grow and Care for Silver Maple
English walnut tree with semi-bare branches in wooded area
How to Grow and Care for English Walnut
Sourwood's foliage in the autumn
How to Grow and Care for Sourwood
Black willow tree branch with small spiked leaves on branches
How to Grow and Care for Black Willow
Desert willow tree with small pink flowers on thin wiry branches
How to Grow and Care for Desert Willow
Quercus nigra
How to Grow and Care for Water Oak
Hong Jong orchid with pink and white flowers on stem closeup
How to Grow and Care for Hong Kong Orchid Tree
Japanese wisteria tree with hanging white and purple flower vines
How to Grow and Care for Wisteria
Hawthorn tree with branches full of white flowers
How to Grow and Care for Hawthorn Trees
Serbian spruce tree with glossy needles on sprawling branches
How to Grow and Care for Serbian Spruce Tree
Netleaf hackberry tree under branches of bright green leaves
How to Grow Netleaf Hackberry Tree
Oleander shrub with small pink blossoms on multi-stemmed branches
How to Grow and Care for Oleander
Podocarpus trees with bright green needles covering branches
How to Grow and Care for Podocarpus Trees and Shrubs
Coast redwood tree with thick trunk and delicate branches hanging
How to Grow and Care for the Coast Redwood
Black hills spruce tree branches with short white-green needles and small pinecones closeup
How to Grow and Care for Black Hills Spruce
Southern Magnolia tree branch with dark waxy green leaves and large white flower
How to Grow Magnolia Grandiflora (Southern Magnolia Trees)
Pawpaw tree with bright green leaves seen from below
How to Grow and Care for Pawpaw
Quaking aspen trees with yellow, orange and green leaves in mountainside
How to Grow and Care for Quaking Aspen
Noble fir tree branches with short silvery-green evergreen needles in sunlight
How to Grow and Care for Noble Fir
Chinkapin oak tree with ribbed bark and sprawling branches with bright green leaves
How to Grow and Care for Chinkapin Oak
Rainbow eucalyptus tree trunk with streaks of green, orange, and purple bark
How to Grow and Care for Rainbow Eucalyptus Trees
Catalpa tree with tall trunk with sprawling branches and bright green leaves in wooded area
How to Grow and Care for Catalpa
Giant arborvitae trees trimmed in triangle shapes in walkway and fountain
How to Grow Green Giant Arborvitae
Frontal image of a black walnut tree
How to Identify and Remove a Black Walnut Tree
Kentucky coffee tree with upright branches and yellow-green leaves
How to Grow and Care for Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sassafras tree with broad lobed leaves on branches closeup
How to Grow Sassafras
Swamp white oak tree with thin trunk and sprawling branches
How to Grow and Care for Swamp White Oak
Common hazel tree with light green leaves in middle of wooded area
How to Grow a Common Hazelnut Tree
Tamarack tree with tall thin trunk with dense foliage on branches in middle of wooded area
How to Grow and Care for the Tamarack Tree
Basswood tree with long extending branches full of green leaves in wooded area
How to Grow a Basswood Tree
Live oak tree with thick sprawling branches full of leaves
How to Grow a Live Oak Tree
Red oak tree with light green and orange leaves against blue sky
How to Grow a Red Oak Tree
Balm for Gilead trees with whitish-green leaves on top branches against blue skies
Balm of Gilead: Plant Care & Growing Guide
Ripe pecans opening on the tree
How to Grow a Pecan Tree
Silver maple tree with tall upright branches full of bright green leaves
How to Grow and Care for Silver Maple
Sycamore tree trunk with light colored peeling bark with large green leaves hanging on branches
How to Grow and Care for a Sycamore Tree
Cherimoya tree with long extending branches, light green fruit hanging next to oval-shaped leaves
How to Grow and Care for the Delicious Tropical Cherimoya
Ponderosa pine trees lining dirt pathway in wooded area
How to Grow the Ponderosa Pine
A lone Eastern Cottonwood in on the midwestern prairie
How to Grow and Care for the Eastern Cottonwood
View of the foliage and fruit of the nutmeg tree.
How to Grow and Care for Nutmeg Trees
Mastic tree with dense branches on a dry hill
How to Grow and Care for a Mastic Tree
Balsam fir tree with dense gray-green needles on branches in wooded area
How to Grow and Care for Balsam Fir
Weeping bottlebrush tree with cascading branches and firework-like red blooms hanging
How to Grow Weeping Bottlebrush (Red Cascade)
White frangipani plant with yellow-white soft flowers clustered with buds closeup
How to Grow White Frangipani (Plumeria)
Foxtail pine trees in wilderness
How to Grow and Care for Foxtail Pine
White fir tree growing in a tall triangular shape next to cement pathway
How to Grow and Care for the White Fir
False cypress tree with green and yellow scaly foliage lining a hedge
How to Grow and Care for False Cypress Trees
Weeping Norway spruce tree with extended branches with long pinecones hanging and short evergreen needles
How to Care for Weeping Norway Spruce
Starfruits ripening to bright yellow, dark green background
How to Grow and Care for Starfruit Trees