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.
Wisteria growing on a masonry wall.
How to Grow and Care for Wisteria
A hawthorn tree in full bloom
How to Grow and Care for Hawthorn Trees
Serbian spruce tree branch with cones.
How to Grow and Care for Serbian Spruce Tree
Netleaf hackberry plant growing in a canyon.
How to Grow Netleaf Hackberry Tree
Pink oleander bush in Merida, Mexico
How to Grow and Care for Oleander
Podocarpus trees with bright green needles covering branches
How to Grow and Care for Podocarpus Trees
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
Swamp White Oak Planting Guide
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 Tree
A mastic tree on an arid hillside in Greece.
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
Robellini palm tree with wide-spreading fronds
How to Grow and Care for Robellini Palms
Kwanzan cherry tree with branches full of pink blossoms
11 Best Pink Flowering Trees to Make Your Yard Pop
Shantung maple tree branches with dark green leaves in shade
How to Grow and Care for Shantung Maple
White oak tree branches with large lobed and glossy leaves
How to Grow and Care for White Oak Trees (Quercus alba)
Camphor tree with bright green leaves covering driveway
How to Grow and Care for Camphor Tree
Japanese cedar tree with peeling bark and thick needle-like foliage
How to Grow and Care for Japanese Cedar
Bald cypress tree with jade needle-like leaves in forest
How to Grow and Care for Bald Cypress Trees
Close up of Blackthorn Blossoms
How to Grow and Care for Blackthorn
Japanese pagoda tree in middle of lawn with solitary trunk and bright green leaves
How to Grow and Care for the Japanese Pagoda Tree
Empress tree with light purple flowers hanging from bare branches
How to Grow and Care for Empress Trees
Atlas cedar tree with long drooping branches with whorls of powdery blue needles
12 Cedar Trees That'll Add Visual Value to the Landscape
Shingle oak tree with bright green and waxy leaves growing over benches
How to Grow and Care for Shingle Oak Trees
Japanese maple tree branch with red helicopter seeds and orange and yellow leaves closeup
11 Types of Trees with Helicopter Seeds (Samara Fruit)
Lipstick palm with red crownshaft and palm leaves in sunlight
How to Grow Lipstick Palms
Tree of heaven with thin branches containing small bright green leaflets
How to Identify and Remove Invasive Tree of Heaven
dwarf cypress tree
18 Best Medium-Sized Trees for Your Yard
cream-colored starburst-shaped flowers with smooth ovate green leaves
How to Grow Lightwood Trees
Eastern Redbud tree with blooming pink flowers surrounded by other trees
The Common Reasons Why Your Ornamental Trees Aren't Flowering
Apricot tree with tan apricot fruit on branches with bright green leaves
How to Grow and Care for an Apricot Tree
Kousa eurostar dogwood tree branches with white flowers
How to Grow and Care for Kousa Dogwood
Chinese chestnut tree branches with serrated leaves and spiky seed pod at end
How to Grow the Chinese Chestnut Tree
African milk tree succulent plant with new growth and buds
African Milk Tree Plant Profile