Scott Geer has a Masters Degree in Forestry from Stephen F. Austin State University and is a Board Certified Master Arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture and a graduate of the American Society of Consulting Arborists Academy.
Investing in tree care may seem like a discretionary expense that you really cannot afford. However, trees have a large economic impact on their owners and the communities in which they live: Trees reduce energy costs through shading of roof tops…
Honeydew is a sticky, sugary liquid that… is insect waste. Insects called aphids (and some scale species) suck on plant sap and secrete a liquid we all know as honeydew. For the most part, an infestation of these messy insects…
Just a short video that one of our customers happened to capture of their Bradford Pear in a strong wind event. The tree lost. This is what happens to Bradford Pear trees in 15-20 years. They are a fast growing,…
Trees have an amazing ability to keep themselves upright for years, sometimes hundreds of years. However, a structural flaw called co-dominant stems can cause a tree to prematurely fail. Co-dominant stems can create a high risk in urban areas where…
This spring (2020) has seen almost every Live Oak in Denton County infected with a disease call Oak Anthracnose. This sound like a terrible disease, but it is really just a nuisance for the trees. This is a fungal disease…
Topiaries are not a maintenance free plant! I see many topiary plants in front of houses that are not maintained and after a few years, they revert to the plant’s original growth form, only not so pretty. Topiaries are woody…
The Bradford Pear is a cultivar of the Callery Pear which was collected from China in the early 1900s. They have been planted widely as yard and roadway trees in Denton County. There are actually a number of different cultivars…
Every few years, we get a lot of Fire Blight in ornamental pears in Denton County. The disease is caused by a bacteria and enters into the tree’s tissues via open flowers. So, the conditions have to be just right…
With the recent storms in Flower Mound and Lewisville, it is an important to inspect your trees for limb cracks. Often a limb may crack in a storm, but not fail completely until a later time, sometimes a few years…
The Cedar Elm (Ulmus crassifolia) is a great tree for Denton County. It is native and lives well with the other two common native trees ? Post Oak (Quercus stellata) and Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica). It is drought tolerant and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions.
