There are several kinds of trees in the Skiatook area that have thorns. This note describes four of them. Black locust, Callery pear, chittamwood and Osage orange.

Q: Three years ago we bought a tree at a farmers market called a Devil’s Thorn Tree. It was about 2 feet tall and covered in thorns — the leaves, branches and bark all have thorns. It has ...

Common buckthorn trees and shrubs are difficult to control once they get a foothold. Here's how to manage these landscape ...

Attractive berries are the main feature of the Carolina buckthorn. If you want birds in your yard, this might be a good addition. Attractive berries are the main feature of the Carolina buckthorn.

The thorns on pyracantha make it a good shrub for bird nesting, as the armament deters cats and humans who might be intent on finding a way through the thicket of branches. But the shrub is out-done ...

Holly and ivy have been traditional Christmas decorations since at least the fifteenth century. Evergreen Holly, sometimes referred to as “Christ's thorn," has carried a Christian symbolism ...

Fittingly, a new tree was planted in September 2022 in Glastonbury, with shoots taken from the vandalized thorn. Whereas the previous tree was planted to honor Queen Elizabeth, who died Sept. 8 ...

The whistling thorn trees and the acacia ants had a steady, mutualistic relationship and supported each other for many years. Then – an invasive ant disturbed their relationship, setting off a ...