Q) I have a maple tree (it is either an ‘October Glory’ or ‘Autumn Blaze’) that has what I assume to be a rather large sucker at the bottom. The diameter of the sucker is about 2″ and the tree trunk itself is 7″ in diameter. I have attached pictures of it from different angles. …Read more about When To Remove Maple Tree Sucker[Read More]
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Landscape Report
Everyone loves big, veteran trees. They have a certain distinction and royalty in our forests and landscapes. The first question asked is, “I wonder how old that tree is?” Determination of the actual age of a standing, tree is difficult. There are many methods and techniques. Some are fairly accurate and many are just good guesses.
A group of samples of several varieties of blue holly (Ilex x meservae) arrived in the lab from a commercial nursery in late January with a common problem, yellowing and rapidly dropping leaves and general poor growth (Fig. 1). After ruling out disease and insects on the foliage we next checked the root systems. After…Read more about PPDL Case Study #2: Sickly blue holly[Read More]
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