Pine cones are everywhere this time of year. We see them on wreaths, in baskets, door-swags, and of course on trees and the ground. Aside from their decorating uses, pinecones play an important role ...

Pine cones are a familiar holiday decoration, but how much do you really know about them? While many types of trees have cones, you’ve probably seen cones from pine, spruce, fir and cedar trees most ...

There is an earthy touch that pine cones lend to the Christmas season, giving holiday décor an unpretentious, warm character. Pine cones can be purchased but they are simple to collect. Find a pine in ...

As you admire your holiday decorations, pause to examine a pine cone (or a spruce cone or a fir cone). What is this dry, brown thing in your hand, with its airy rows of scales? Think of it as ...

IT is well known that seedling trees of Pinus sylvestris, in common with those of many other woody species, pass through a juvenile period, during which no reproductive organs are formed. The first ...