Like cypress trees, cork oaks will survive in warm sites, especially on neutral soil. In the Aeneid, Virgil’s nomadic heroine Camilla was strapped by her father to a spear and thrown, while a ...

Visit under-the-radar towns, take a cooking class with a cookbook author, and eat at an agriturismo in the countryside.

Q: I have five mature Italian cypress trees. They are planted in a 2-foot-wide strip of earth between our driveway and a stone wall. The trees are 20 feet tall but only 2 feet wide.

Tuscany’s clay soils, mineral rich with shells from ancient sea deposits, produce flavourful wheat, vines and olive trees that make up the region’s prime agricultural products.

Human association with the Italian cypress goes back more than 3000 years and we are still impressed by the tree. Vincent van Gogh tried to capture its essence in his paintings at Arles, France.

Italian cypresses are large trees reaching at least 50 feet tall and should not be used in most residential landscapes because of their height. The biggest mistake made, I believe, is watering too ...

A reader inquired about the care of 20 Italian cypress trees, about 60 years old, on a property he recently purchased. He was excited to have them “sheared and cared for” since they looked ...