Sponsored by: Northwest Hardwoods: Lumber that’s Graded For Yield®. Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) derived its common name from the Osage Indians in Oklahoma and Texas and the orange-smelling fruits.

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) derived its common name from the Osage Indians in Oklahoma and Texas and the orange-smelling fruits. The Latin name comes from William Maclura, an American geologist ...

“Monkey brains!” the kids exclaimed as we reached the old dirt road. I was leading an outdoor school program, and it took me a moment to realize the students were referring to the big, lumpy fruit ...

Over the years I’ve heard many gardeners, local farmers and landscapers say that the Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) is a useless, thorny, gangly tree. I agree that the tree is thorny, somewhat gangly ...

While traveling through the Midwest on leaf peeping adventures, modern day explorers may find a rather nondescript tree with unique, distinct fruit. A medium-sized tree adorned with large, round, ...

The Chattanooga Department of Public Works will conduct a wood lottery on Thursday, at 10 a.m. This event will take place on Moccasin Bend at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. The entrance to the wood ...

Pieces from a landmark 150-year-old Osage orange tree will be the featured pieces for giveaway in a lottery next week. The tree fell last fall at the Hamilton County Courthouse. The Chattanooga ...

Osage oranges look like a cross between a neon green brain and a baseball. The fruit is hardy enough to survive fall frosts when they’re grown in container gardens and used in floral arrangements.

The Chattanooga Department of Public Works is conducting a wood lottery today at 10 a.m. The featured wood comes from the Osage orange tree that stood near the Hamilton County Courthouse. The old, ...

Of all our presidents, Thomas Jefferson clearly had the greenest thumb. The great statesman was a gardener extraordinaire. Monticello, Jefferson’s beautiful Virginia estate, was a horticultural ...