Tag: tree care
Why Mighty Oaks Should Be On Your Planting List
To many, Doug Tallamy needs no introduction. A renowned ecologist, his 2020 NY Times Best Seller, Nature’s Best Hope, showed homeowners how to turn...
Improving Transplant Success Of Container-Grown Trees
Cregg and Rouse are involved in a research project at Michigan State University on “Improving transplant success of container-grown landscape trees.” Here are some...
Tree Services: Taking Tree Care To New Heights
EDITOR'S LETTER As an editor, you simply can’t be planning a main issue on Sustainable Landscaping and a special issue on Tree Care without Dr....
A New Name For An Old Pest & A Treatment Reminder
For more than 100 years, Lymantria dispar, once known as "Gypsy moth," had a common name based on a derogatory slur for people of...
Win More Work With This Tree Tech
One of the best opportunities to differentiate your tree care services to potential clients is with a strong proposal. This small window of time...
Turf Winter 2021 Issue
Editor's Letter: Raise Your Glass "At the end of each landscaping season most owners are either raising their glasses or scratching their heads,” writes Josh...
Three Tree & Shrub Pests To Watch
Last December, a CNN article declared 2020 as the year of scary bugs. But 2021 has perhaps been worse with the return of the...
Fall Leaf Mulching
For those in landscaping, fall is one of the hardest working seasons of the year with shorter daylight hours, large projects wrapping up, and...
Tree Services: Taking Tree Care To New Heights
Editor's Letter
It finally happened this summer. Standing on my porch, a flicker caught my eye and there it was—a spotted lanternfly (SLF). I had...
Forest Service Helps Defend 9/11 Witness Trees From Insect Threat
By Melanie Brezniak
Eastern Region, USDA Forest Service
Twenty years have passed since the 9/11 attacks, yet there’s a feeling of permanence in a hemlock grove...