Lipan Crepe Myrtle.

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Cedar trees dying from the top down.

Question2 of 22 Cedar trees that line my driveway have started to die from the top down. If I was to cut off the tree below the dying section, is it possible splice/graft a good branch from one of the other he

Question on damage root of a Japanese Maple tree

QuestionHi - Thank you for reading my mercy. I have an approx 20 ft (20-30 years old?) Japanese maple that just got injured today (11/02/09). A plummer, against our instructions, decided to dig a 4 ft de

60+ pine tree

QuestionQUESTION: We have a 60+ pine leaning at an angle that is starting to worry us. It is leaning towards the road and if it falls it will knock out the electric wires on the poles across the street. Our electric

white pine trees

QuestionWe want to cut branches off for use in center pieces for our wedding reception in January, if we cut them now will the needles turn brown, or should we wait until closer to January, but they will most likely

dwarf conifers

QuestionIn May, I planted a dwarf cork bark fir (Abies lasiocarpa). It seemed to thrive over the summer, but started losing needles in September. The needle loss is from the interior of the branches, not the n

Young Mediterrainean Cypress trying to get a foothold

QuestionMy Cypress trees QUESTION: Hello, Mr. & Dr. Hyland. I noted you were away and hope wherever you went or whatever you did was fruitful. Im attaching a current picture I made of my row of 15 Mediter

Trimming evergreems

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jim, I live in Northeast Wisconsin. I have a row of blue and white spruce along my driveway. They are approximately 25-30 years old and in very good shape. They are branching

Damaged Bole of 27 year old Scots Pine

QuestionThe heavy snows have caused an old scots pine(planted 1983ish# to drop a 9 inch diameter, high limb #some 10 feet of the ground# and this has pulled a concave cavity out of the bole, with the central branch

horses vs pine trees

QuestionMy horses have chewed on a few pine trees in their pasture. I have placed plastic on the trees but on some they have reached the sap. Is there anything I can do to save these trees? AnswerYou did not say th

to close planted pine trees to the fence

Questionmy property size is big enough to have a pool at the back side, But I have a big problem with my next doors people, because they planted at the north side of the back yard 8 pine trees on line close to my fe

Fertilizing

QuestionQUESTION: I have two Green Giant Thujas a Blue Arrow Juniper and two Hollywood Junipers all planted last fall. The thujas are about 8ft.tall, the Hollywood Junipers and Blue Arrow are about 6ft tall. I would

Thuja Green Giant

QuestionI just moved to Austin Texas and am looking for shade trees that grow large in height but not to wide. Is the Thuja green giant a good choice and who in Texas would carry them in the range of 6 feet to start

blue italian cypress

Questionmy property is 4 ft below my neighbors with a retaining wall holding up his land. on top are 21 blue italian cypress trees, 35 years old and over 25 ft tall, trees are less than 12inches away from the wall.

PINE TREE POLLEN

QuestionHello, Im trying to find out the name & whatever it is (a pod, pollen, bud, seed? that fall from pine trees along with the pine needles. They are reddish/orange in color soft/brittle in texture small ban

Italian Cypress Care Followup

QuestionQUESTION: We live on Signal Mountain, just outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. About 6 years ago, we planted 25 Italian Cypress trees, most of which line our driveway on an approximate 35 degree slope. Our

Dwarf Blue Spruce

QuestionI have a dwarf blue spruce that has branches that appear to have died littered thoughout the tree. Overall the tree looks healthy and has new growth this spring on many of its branches. I am wond

trasplanting conifers

QuestionI live in Manitoba Canada. Is there some form of starter that should be used when transplanting spruce & pine. If so at what rate & time do you apply it. Regards Ken S AnswerFertilizer etc is not usually r

Cedar stump removal.

QuestionI live in Nebraska and have four cedar tree stumps, do not know exact species, that are about one foot in diameter. I am thinking of digging them out and I am curious how deep is the average root depth. Than

pine trees and norfolk pine trees

QuestionQUESTION: How far do the root systems go down in a small Georgia pine trees, and the circumference of where the roots go from the trunk of the tree in the soft sands of Florida. ANSWER: Root systems of tree