In many a city and suburban yard across America, seedlings with a distinctive smell and a tropical, yet somehow familiar look crop up each summer in inconvenient places. Those are seedlings of tree of ...

Many trees would be lucky to be as beautiful as Ailanthus altissima, also known as tree of heaven, a deciduous tree with quill-shaped leaves, light gray bark, and red-and-yellow-tinted seeds that ...

Tree-of-heaven (ToH), also known as Chinese sumac, varnish tree, or stink tree, is a large, rapidly growing deciduous tree native to parts of China. Tree-of-heaven was introduced to North America as ...

At first glance, you might think that a tree so named would be great to consider for a home landscape. The resounding answer to that consideration is “NO.” As you read on, I’ll give you some reasons ...

Tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima, is often noticed only after it has begun to dominate a space. In domestic settings, it may appear as a volunteer sapling emerging beside a wall, shed, or compost ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive species from Asia. It has been in the news lately because it is a major ...

In some areas along the Chadakoin River, Tree-of-heaven is rapidly becoming the only remaining bank tree species. Photo by Twan Leenders One way of categorizing plants is based on their origin: native ...

Despite its celestial name, tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is known for its infernal behavior. Tree of heaven threatens other plants by forming crowded thickets that suffocate nearly any ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Despite the sublime name, tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima, is a particularly bad actor when it comes to trees encountered in the Midwest. This native of Asia was ...

The advent of the spotted lanternfly has focused attention on Ailanthus, the “Tree of Heaven,” the insect’s preferred host. For those who don’t know it, this is a tree with alternate-growing, very ...