Freezing temperatures, during the winter months, are normal for most of the United States. This includes Southwestern states, such as Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. While healthy native trees are the most likely to recover fully from a winter storm,…
Trees add value to any landscape. They offer shade in the hot summer months and can significantly lower your air conditioning bills. And as any homeowner or business owner in North Texas knows, that can mean hundreds of dollars in…
Background The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been discovered in Denton, County. The ISA Certified Arborists want to make sure that our customers and the community at large have accurate information and with proper knowledge can decide how they want…
The Live oak is not native to Denton County, but thrives exceptionally well in our area. It is native across the southern gulf coastal plain over into central Texas. There is a variety (or a separate species, depending on the…
The unusual weather this year has set up conditions for a very obscure moth to come out of obscurity and defoliate many of the hackberries in southern Denton County. The moth larvae is a small green caterpillar about 1/2 inch…
Sometimes developers, the city, and the homeowners get it right. This park is just south of 1171 on Regency Park Court. The “Lone Tree” is a gorgeous Post oak that was spared and became the focal point of this park.…
What are those little brown humps that cover my oak twigs? These are lecanium scale insects. The lecanium scale can be debilitating to the host plant, rarely killing it. The insect draws sap from the tree, thus reducing the tree’s…
As we get into August this year, the post oaks in Denton County are showing a lot of white on their leaves. This is not a fungus or serious disease but is “wool” that is produced by a small sucking…
Newly emerging leaves on a red oak in the spring with male flowers This spring season has brought with it an abundance of oak flowers or “tassels.” I have noticed it on all of the oak species: live oak, post…
Pine trees are not native to the Lewisville area, yet they have been planted extensively, and in some areas do quite well. Slash Pine and Loblolly pine are the large pines that are seen growing in Lewisville and Flower Mound.…
