A few times each autumn, Elizabeth Schwartz gathers the fallen foliage from her neighbor’s Western sycamore in West L.A. and remembers its seasonal gifts: the joy of stomping on huge palmate leaves, ...

THANK you Lili Singer for your article [“A Giant That Goes Its Own Way” (Oct. 5)] advising people to plant more Western sycamore trees. I especially liked the quote “People freak when new leaves curl ...

Anthracnose is a fungal disease that takes hold in tree species like maple and sycamore in spring. It is characterized by brown or black splotches that causes leaves to fall off in bad cases. Cool, ...

The Landmarks Commission has once again postponed a hearing over whether to give two, intertwined western sycamore trees protected status in the city after ownership of the property has changed hands ...

Fall is an excellent time to plant trees and shrubs. The soil is still warm, so roots will have time to establish themselves long before the punishing heat of next summer arrives. If you are thinking ...