Each year, my Master Gardeners and I field a variety of gardening inquiries, but usually trees take the top spot in causing worry, concern, and interest from our community. Because of this, I think a ...

Squirrels, insects and lightning strikes may be the reason for dead tree branches. Pruning the dead branch will solve the problem in most cases. This has been a long, hot, wet summer and soon fall ...

Last spring we planted a redbud tree in our front yard. Do we need to water it during dry winter months? At what temperature during the day should we water it, above 40 degrees? Yes, you should plan ...

A large tree blocks a Palo Alto street after a wind storm. Courtesy Carol Hubenthal. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in ...

Many of us have a deep fascination and connection with trees that seems imprinted within our genetic code. The first hominids to venture on two legs climbed down from trees yet maintained their ...

When you work with trees for as long as I have, you hear people say good things about them like, I love my trees, those trees are beautiful, and trees make me happy. For every good comment I hear, ...

It may not be exactly the forest primeval, but on my wooded hillside I have identified approximately thirty different species of native trees, and over the years, the trees have matured so that there ...