Tree Care Information from Experienced Certified Arborists

If you have viburnum shrubs on your property and live along the northshore, be on the lookout this spring for leaves being skeletonized, creating a lace-like pattern of foliar damage.

Have you ever heard the phrase “timing is everything”? With regard to tree care, this phrase fits very well as timing is critical to achieving good results.

This story started decades ago, after giving a presentation on ‘woodland gardening’ at a garden show back in the 90’s. I was approached by a couple who had just built a new home on a wooded lot, I was intrigued.

Spring has come – heralding the beginning of another growing season. As the trees develop new leaves, the insects that feed on them emerge also to begin their cycle of life all over again.

The treatment season for the year always comes up so quickly. It seems you barely have time to wave goodbye to the last wisps of winter before the race is on to address the issues that our trees need help with.

When you toss a rock into a peaceful pond, ripples radiate out in all directions to influence whatever they roll past. Lilly pads undulate, surface weeds jiggle and the shoreline shifts ever so slightly.

It was a typical busy summer day last year when our office phone rang. On the other end was a concerned client; something was wrong. “In all my time living here I’ve never seen this before.”

Perspective is an interesting thing. You could ask 10 people to describe the meaning of a song and you would likely get 10 different responses. In the tree business a client’s perspective is vital for properly caring for their trees.

Each year, sometime between early January and the end of March, most of you receive a special mailing from us. Inside the pale green envelope is a document that says “2016 Plant Health Care Prescription”.