Hardy from zones 4 through 6, trees prefer slightly acidic and well-drained soil. Douglas firs make great large-scale screen trees for the landscape. Try An Adaptable Species Like Eastern Red Cedar ...

By arborist Rebecca Latta’s estimate, thousands of trees in Altadena have been tagged for removal: oaks, pines, sycamores, deodar cedars — trees that have canopied the town for decades.

Christmas Tree Lane’s 135 deodar cedars survived the blaze, as did most of the camellias and azaleas at Nuccio’s Nurseries, although the nearly 90-year-old nursery faced a new problem — no ...

Deodar cedars and other tree species, including oaks, pines and palm trees, proved more likely to survive the wildfires because of natural adaptations: thick bark, high moisture content, height ...

And on Altadena’s Santa Rosa Avenue, aka Christmas Tree Lane, 135 deodar cedars survived a shower of embers.Residents hope to string lights on the 140-year-old trees this December as they have ...

Left alone, a Deodar cedar looks like a weeping pine tree — its silhouette is often a lopsided triangle, not unlike the Sorting Hat in the “Harry Potter” series.

The Deodar's lifespan stretched from 1215 (construction of the Qutub Minar) to 1919 ... the bark of a 704-year-old Deodar tree felled in 1919 from a forest in Tehri Garhwal.

Wynne Wilson examines the bark of a deodar cedar tree slated for removal. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times via TNS) “When I found this out, it was just as bad as thinking that I had lost the ...

Planting trees in honor of Arbor Day dates back to 1872, and while climate and landscape factors have changed since the holiday's inception, the motivation remains crucial.

Planting trees in honor of Arbor Day dates back to 1872, and while climate and landscape factors have changed since the holiday's inception, the motivation remains crucial.