Pruning should always be a very specific process. Photo 1: The holly on the left has not been pruned yet, while the one on the right has. All photos courtesy of the author. The intent: What are you trying to [...]

Back in November 2023, I caught up with Thomas Paine, CTSP, co-owner of Rooted Arbor Care in Warrenton, Missouri, on a job site in Missouri. He was tasked with inspecting a picturesque, healthy pin oak (Quercus palustrus) tree and performing [...]

Basic biology and human assists collude for the rapid spread of SLF First detected in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014, near the town of Pikeville, this phloem-feeding sap sucker, the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF), now has breeding populations in more than [...]

Daniel “Danny” Rose, an ISA Certified Arborist with CoolWood Urban Forestry, applies a basil drench. Photos courtesy of Eleven Mass Media. Plant health care (PHC) is a comprehensive program aimed at managing the health, structure and appearance of plants within [...]