Foundation offers free trees with Arbor Day membership

Nebraska residents can ring in the New Year with 10 free, flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation during January.

By becoming part of the nonprofit foundation, new members will receive two Sargent crabapples, three American redbuds, two Washington hawthorns and three white flowering dogwoods.

"These beautiful trees will give your home in Nebraska lovely flowers with pink, yellow and white colors," said Matt Harris, chief executive of the foundation. "These trees are perfect for large and small spaces, and they will provide food and habitat for songbirds."

The free trees are part...