Photo courtesy of DusanManic/iStock. She met me in the driveway with her arms already crossed. The tree was a water oak (Quercus nigra) in front of a brick ranch in Seneca, South Carolina, and it had maybe two [...]

Everyone loves to plant trees – and generally speaking, arborists and landscapers do a great job. We celebrate tree planting as a noble cause, and it is. My question is, why do we still see so many newly planted trees [...]