Regular pruning will not only help keep trees vigorous and looking their best, but it’ll help you spot potential red flags long before they cause problems.Source: Preventative Tree Care For Long-Term Health | Turf Magazine
There is a secret happening on your daily walk right now: look up and you’ll see that many of those bare tree branches aren’t bare at all. They’re hosting a tiny world of flowers, some so small they are easily overlooked.Source: Look up to the trees to brighten your...
In 1989, a bizarre murder attempt in Texas gripped the nation and made worldwide news. The details of the case were unusual, and unlike anything police had seen before. The victim? Austin’s oldest resident, a 600-year-old tree known as Treaty Oak.Source: The...
Wind, hail and lightning; storms can be brutal, especially to your landscape plants and trees. That’s because severe weather can stress the entire tree¾from root system to branches to leaves. Learn how to protect your trees.Source: Helping Your Trees Weather the...
The oldest trees on Earth have stood for nearly five millennia, and researchers have long wondered to what extent these ancient organisms undergo senescence, physically deteriorating as they age. Plant biologist now argue that although signs of senescence in...
Agencies are spending millions to thin forests to safeguard mountainside communities from future wildfires and post-fire floods.Source: Bill Williams forest thinning project aims to prevent wildfires
When it comes to tree planting, landscapers can contribute to a more resilient, adaptable urban forest by thinking beyond beauty and aesthetics.Source: Tree Planting: Evolution Of The Tree | Turf Magazine
Lining the streets of many American city suburbs are living fossils, which unlike many stories of man’s interaction with nature, involves nature as the destroyer, and mankind, the savior.Source: Ginkgo Trees Were Going Extinct on Their Own; Then Humans Saved These...
Your plants are more likely to die from too much water than too little.Source: How to Water Houseplants (and How to Know if You’re Overwatering) | Better Homes & Gardens
