Trees not only provide shade and real-estate value they contribute to the neighborhood environment. Proper tree surgery and removal, “pruning” is part of this and swells the value. Professional care from the time of planting to its maturity is obvious by the results, healthy and structurally strong trees. Tree Surgery Tree surgery services help trees…
Summer storms are here, which can mean strong wind and lightning. After a storm, many people will rake up leaves and pick up a few tree branches that might have fallen. But few will take time to look at each tree to see if there is wind damage or if a tree has been hit…
A little more than a year after the harsh weather event that covered the North Texas area, you may be seeing how much damage your landscaping sustained from the freezing temperatures and gusting winds. The widespread freeze of February 2021 resulted in more than 5 days of below-freezing temperatures as well as 24 hours of…
Are branches from your healthy trees suddenly falling? It could be due to an infestation of carpenter worms. A Carpenter worm is a wood-boring insect that causes a lot of damage to some species of ornamental and fruit trees. These worms feed within the tree’s inner bark, and you may begin to notice dark sap…
As soon as warm weather begins to arrive, your dogwood trees awaken, and you can’t wait to see their blooms. Then one day, you start to notice the appearance of spots on the leaves or the flowers themselves. Could something be wrong? Flowering dogwoods can live up to somewhere around 80 years, but many need…
Plant health care is important for both, aesthetic and environmental, reasons. If you have a lot of land surrounding your home, it’s wonderful to be able to look out your window and see that it has been landscaped. This gives your estate a feeling of being cared for, not just inside the home but also…
Plant care offers many benefits to the environment and human lives. In this article, you will learn how plant health care works and why you should consider it. What is Plant Health Care? Plant health care is maintaining plants to keep them healthy and prevent parasites and diseases that could compromise the plant’s health. Benefits of Plant…
The oak (Quercus palustris) is a tree in the red oak family that is native to the eastern United States. Chlorosis According to the Iowa State University Horticulture and Pest News, the most common affliction for oaks is chlorosis, a disease caused by an inability to absorb iron from the soil. This problem results from…
When it gets cold enough, deciduous trees go into a period of dormancy to conserve energy until things warm up again. This is a temporary state that will break when spring comes. Once the final leaf has fallen, they are dormant, but spring will see the leaves come back. Except, your tree didn’t come back….
When to Reduce a Tree’s Height The most common reasons homeowners request a height reduction of a tree in their yard are that the tree has become too imposing for its location, or it’s encroaching upon power lines. Other reasons to reduce a tree’s height include: Safety When upper limbs or parts of the trunk…
