When stricken, these trees can die within two to four weeks after symptoms appear. Oaks in the red oak group include the Spanish oak, Shumard oak, pin oak, water oak and blackjack oak.

“Stress from summer over-pruning can result in waterspouts,” Vaughan says, referring to the shoots that arise from the base ...

The weeping bottlebrush is a small, irregularly round-headed, open, fine-textured weeping evergreen tree that grows at a medium pace to 20 feet tall by 15 feet wide, but may reach 30 feet.

Over the years, we have been conditioned to believe pruning, while there are leaves on trees, is a capital offense. Consequently, it has probably never crossed the minds of most home orchardists to ...

Our last example of poor pruning involves pruning palms. A healthy palm should have a 360-degree crown. Palms are routinely over-pruned to the extent that most folks have never seen a palm with a ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Trees are incredible survivors in spite of the challenges from pests of all kinds, including us! They are vulnerable to injuries such as mechanical wounds from lawn equipment, ...