Trees can be expensive and are valuable plants we need to avoid injuring. Wounds are openings for decay organisms and trees expend energy for wound sealing, setting them up for other issues. During ...

Don't stress if you have a tree that's not looking its best in the bark department. You can save a tree with damaged bark by first assessing the type of damage. Once you know the severity, you have a ...

Question for Dan Gill: Recently I had a large Shumard oak tree planted by a local nursery. In the process of planting, they damaged a small section (five inches by six inches) of the bark, about a ...

It started with squalling tires and a big bang. Someone going too fast missed the 90-degree corner below our neighbor’s house and plowed head on into his 50-year-old silver maple. The driver didn’t ...

If you have ever noticed small holes, made in neat rows on the trunk of a tree, you are probably looking at the damage caused from a yellow bellied sapsucker. Sapsuckers are a type of woodpecker, but ...