The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), called the “Big Tree” in North America, is the tree of superlatives, as its name suggests. Indeed, everything in this conifer is out of the ordinary: first, a height that…
The wig tree (Cotinus coccygria) is a very attractive shrub in the ornamental garden for its flamboyant foliage in autumn, although deciduous, and its clouds of powdery pink feathery inflorescences in summer. If it does…
The wig tree (Cotinus coccygria) also commonly known as fustet, Jupiter’s beard or even smoke tree, is a bushy shrub which inherited this name because at the time of flowering, its pedicels form a vaporous…
The snake tree (Radermachera sinica syn. Stereospermum sinicum), also called China doll or emerald tree, is a small tree native to southern China and Taiwan where it grows up to 7 to 10m in height,…
At the beginning of the 2000s, only a few years ago, the vast majority of homes were adorned with a “real” fir tree which sat in the middle of the living room: it was often…