Last week a large limb broke away from a very mature live oak in Riverside Park during some high winds from the passage of a cold front. Unfortunately, it damaged the tree significantly. However, it ...

Here is a problem that can occur on trees of all sizes: The trunk splits apart below two stems of roughly equal size. In arborist lingo it is “failure of the attachment of codominant stems.” I have ...

Splitting a wishbone may bring good luck to the person who gets the larger piece, but when a wishbone-shaped tree rips in half, it’s bad fortune to all. One might think the trunk lying on the ground ...

Q: Could you provide some basic guidance on how not to kill a tree? I see conflicting information everywhere! A: Unfortunately, there are many ways to kill a tree, so I will try to cover the most ...

Q: Could you provide some basic guidance on how not to kill a tree? I see conflicting information everywhere! Unfortunately, there are many ways to kill a tree, so I will try to cover the most common ...