Patience is a virtue, and many trees require it. "Trees, in general, live on a much longer timeline than we do, with many living for hundreds, and some even thousands of years," says Nancy Gaspari, an ...

The silver maple tree (Acer saccharinum) is one of the most common trees in North America. It generally grows 50 to 80 feet tall, though a 10-year-old sapling will stand approximately 25 feet tall.

Engineered, single-strip hardwood flooring features a wear layer made from fast-growing eucalyptus trees grown on sustainably certified plantations in Brazil. Lyptus is harder than oak, less expensive ...