The dreaded courtship of the loblolly pine and its cousins has reached its crescendo. Here’s when we’ll see relief.

A young Loblolly pine tree stands nearly three feet high in a garden, ordinary in every respect except for a remarkable origin story: The seed from which ...

has developed a mathematical formula to simplify the complicated courtship of the loblolly pine and its cousins that results in the ubiquitous yellow film now clinging to your porch furniture.