In a text message this morning (Jan. 16), a concerned landscape maintenance contractor said “I’m pruning Japanese maples and I see a lot of bleeding on cuts. Any concerns?” Since I’ve known him for ...
This may sound like something straight out of a horror movie, but it isn’t fiction—it's a real tree called the Dragon Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari). Native to the island of Socotra in Yemen, this ...
Pterocarpus angolensis, or wild teak, looks like a perfectly normal tree until it’s wounded. When you cut into it, it dribbles long trails of dark-red liquid down its trunk. Wild teak has come to be ...