Many northeastern Oklahomans are bewildered to find their lawns covered by sweet gum balls - those spiked seed balls that are fired like golf balls when you try to mow them. Tulsa Master Gardener ...

The sweet gum balls are a tripping hazard, and many homeowners (and neighbors) may consider them a nuisance, but a product now available in Southern Illinois can reduce the number of sweet gum balls a ...

Tree removal is necessary by Carla Gable is a well written article and why I love The Norman Transcript. Although, I still think the copy/paste articles by the President Trump Gang of Hate mob should ...

Only a few types of trees have spherical, prickly seed pods, so here's how to identify each specific tree with spiky balls. Reviewed by Sylvia Duax Certain trees produce spherical, spiky pods that can ...

The lawn of our new home has a lot of these prickly balls, and more are still on the tree they fell from. I’m worried about them killing the grass. How do I deal with this? Sweetgum balls, the seed ...

With the groundhogs back underground, Valentine's Day celebrated and warmth disrupting winter, some of us who look closely at trees and shrubs are perceiving any number of details. One of the ...

Q : This young tree just showed up in my yard (see reader's photo). Do you know what kind it is? A : It looks like a small sweet gum tree. They are beautiful trees in the fall, but they will produce ...

Most people have a love/hate relationship with sweet gum trees. They love the unique leaf shape, with its five- to seven-pointed star, and the colorful red, yellow or purple shades the leaves turn in ...