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 ...

Homeowners may be seeing some lingering effects of last year’s 17-year cicada emergence in smaller branches of trees, but it’s nothing to worry about. “The trees will be fine in the long run, even if ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. This storm-damaged oak tree is in need of professional pruning (or care). Q • Some of my trees lost limbs in the storms we had ...

I received an urgent call last week. A tractor had knocked a big chunk of bark off of an oak tree and the owner wanted to know what to do about the wound.This kind of incident is all too common, ...

Trees are one of the longest lived and largest organisms on earth. Trees use energy so efficiently that very little waste occurs. Wood is stored energy in the form of cellulose. New living wood is ...

Q: I had some lower branches trimmed from my ponderosa pine in December. How long will it take for the sap to quit flowing? A: Sap flowing from a tree wound is part of its defense system . The sap ...

I have had some good conversations with people about Peter Wohlleben’s 2015 book “The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel and How They Communicate.” Preparing for a presentation with a local book ...

IF YOU are a regular reader, you will know of my weird fascination with traditional horticultural practices that endure for decades despite being resoundingly debunked by science. In this article, ...

When a tree has an open wound or is pruned, I’m asked what needs to be done to the wound or cavity and the answer is usually nothing. This is true even if the wood within the wound is moist, dark and ...