Q: We have had our chokecherry tree for three years. It has been growing and doing great. This year, the branches are bare for the most part. However, new leaves are starting to appear from the trunk.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tricia Howe, a volunteer working at the Aug. 19, 2023,"weed smackdown" at Anchorage's Tikishla Park, pulls another felled European ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chokecherry berries darken to deep purple by September, just as its leaves are beginning to turn shades of gold and orange. Those ...

Home on the Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Grange Hall in North Pole. The topic this week is “Invasive Species,” particularly the popular ornamental chokecherry tree. Both Prunus padus, ...

Alaskans have a love-hate relationship with mayday trees. The mayday tree (Prunus padus), aka European bird cherry, and its cousin the chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) have historically been popular ...