overtrimmed a pine tree

QuestionQUESTION: Hello I wanted to clean-up a pine tree which sat in the corner of our backyard because of all the needles it dropped. But now I basically had the tree trimmers remove all the banches from the tree.

damage to pine tree roots

Questionmy contractor wants to cut into one of the roots from a large pine tree in building my deck. will this kill my tree? it has several other roots visible but this one runs under my house and he says he w

Green Giant Transplants 8 to 10

QuestionI had 18 8-10 Green Giants planted in Nov 06. One yellowed and died April 07. It was watered the same as others. We dug it out and the metal cage around root ball was still intact. Did that cause it to die?

When to plant my Blue Spruce?

QuestionMy husbands mother just passed away and a friend of his gave him a small Blue Spruce, (about 9 inches), to plant in her memory. We live in southern Michigan. The nights have been in the 30s and 40s, the days

shedding needels

QuestionQUESTION: I have a very large pine tree about 70 ft tall in north east Ohio this fall it had very few pine cones and started dropping stems with live needles on them mostly single pieces about 4 inches long

When and How to Plant Colorado Blue Spruce

QuestionMy in-laws gave my husband and I a 4ft Colorado Blue Spruce for our 5 year anniversary at the end of October. We live in northern Illinois. We have not been able to plant it yet. Should we

Sap and Pine Needles..impact on grass

QuestionI live in Tampa and have a couple pine trees in my yard (not sure what type). Grass around the base of the tree does not grow very well. I am wondering if the sap and/or pine needles from the tree either kil

American Arborvieta

QuestionI live in Wisconsin and just bought 12 American Arborvietas in 1 gallon containers. How should I keep them until spring planting time? Should I put them in the house in front of a window? I

transplanting pine trees 2-5 tall

QuestionI am located in the upstate of SC. I have several pine trees scattered across my property in the 2-5 height range. I would like to transplant them up to the front of my property to create somewha

just planted 300 3 yr bare root white pines

QuestionTwo weeks before Christmas I received my order of 3 yr old white pines (300) from the state nusery. They were all about 12 - 18 inches and bareroot. I got them all planted quickly. Mainly I

conifer tree root system

QuestionWe have a large and old conifer to the side of our driveway. Our adjoinging neighbours now say that the conifer is causing their drainage problems. I was wondering what kind of root system the conifer

Blue Point Juniper hedge

QuestionLast week we planted 80 Blue Point Junipers to create a hedge for our back yard. They are about 1-1 1/2 ft tall, and they came in 3 gallon containers. We live in Central Florida, and we have had

Western Red Cedar

QuestionQUESTION: We have a stand of western red cedar trees that are 8 to 12 in diameter along our property line. The property next door is being panhandled into three lots and the driveway will be along the

Italian cypress injury

QuestionThe kids next door were playing catch and inadvertently broke the top of one of my young Italian cypress. Will the tree start a new terminal bud or will it be stunted and never grow taller. Is the any thing

Transplanting Conifers

QuestionI work in a RVpark in the Colorado Springs area. A new project here is to create a large dog run for our guests. We want to transplant about 50 small (1 to 5) conifers to line the road. I h

privacy screen

QuestionI live in Wasilla, Alaska. I would like to plant a privacy hedge b/w my property and the neighbors. There is a significant amount of wind year round and minimal sunlight in the winter. I wo

uprooted pines

QuestionDuring a recent storm, we lost several old pines (uprooted). We are trying to avoid having to burn them. Can we put them thru a chipper and use them as mulch? I have heard Yes and No from friends...time to c

Italian Cyprees trees

QuestionOur Italian cypress trees (4) are healthy except on the side of each tree-from bottom to top turning orange/brown. We removed the decorative rocks around them to allow better drge/aeration. What about ph in

Thuja Green Giant Arborvitae

QuestionI need to grow a privacy screen in a shaded area. The area is shaded with mature loblolly pine, to give you an idea of the shade density. Someone said that it was too shaded for Leyland Cypress a

juniper sky rocket

QuestionI am in the midwest, zone 5 and have a linear but tight area that I would like to plant a row of tall narrow trees. The area is partly shady however. Would the sky rocket juniper be an ok choice