Category: Tree Health & Care
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Watering, Mulching, Composting and Pruning Trees in North Texas
Certified arborist Tiana George discusses the importance of nurturing your tree’s health with proper watering practices, composting, mulching and pruning.
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How to Evaluate a Tree for Disease and Stress
While trees are hardy organisms that can handle prolonged stress, they are especially vulnerable in urban environments. It is important to evaluate their health periodically for signs of stress and disease.
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Planting and Caring for a Tree in North Texas
Three practices are vital to a tree’s health and longevity: correct planting, correct watering, and correct soil building.
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How to Water Your Trees During the Summer
Watering trees during the summer can be tricky. To avoid underwatering or overwatering, you need a well-thought-out irrigation plan.
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Emerald Ash Borer Active in Denton County
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 to protect any Ash trees on their property. The EAB was discovered in the USA…
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Fall Webworms – They’re Back in Town
The Fall webworm is a moth that infests Pecans and other hardwood trees and creates unsightly webbing tents on the ends of limbs in the late summer. What you see is the caterpillar life stage of the moth. The caterpillars leave the webbing when mature and drop to the ground to pupate and overwinter. We…
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Post Oaks and Hot Weather
In the summertime when the weather is hot… Mungo Jerry, “In the SummerTime” I was 16 when Mungo Jerry’s song, “In the Summertime” came out in 1970. What a great summer. I drove a combine that summer harvesting wheat from the Texas Panhandle to Nebraska and that song played on the AM radio all summer.…
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How and When to Treat Bagworms in North Texas
Bagworms are tiny little caterpillars that turn into moths. They feed on trees such as Junipers, red cedar’s, arborvitae, Leyland Cypress, and other evergreen type trees.
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What’s wrong with my Photinias?
With the mild, humid weather North Texas has had recently, Red Tip Photinias have been hit hard with a fungal infection called Entomosporium Leaf Spot. “Leaf Spot” for short. Leaf Spot on Photinias is easily identifiable. These are some of it’s characteristics: This fungal infection can often times be very aggressive. If you notice the…
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Are Your Trees Planted Too Deep?
Trees that have been planted too deep are, unfortunately, a very common problem in the urban landscape. How can you tell if your tree is planted too deep? First, a quick lesson in tree biology Trees aren’t supposed to look like telephone poles sticking out of the ground. They are supposed to have a taper…