Care & Maintenance

Live Christmas trees are fun to buy and decorate, but once you bring them inside, it’s difficult to keep them from drying out and losing their needles. Here are some suggestions on keeping your tree fresh and festive throughout the holiday season.

It's a tough question for those of us who try to garden organically: To spray or not to spray? But if you've got fruit trees and pest problems, low-toxicity dormant sprays may be just the thing to keep your trees healthy and your fruit basket full for years to come.

Learn the basic application guidelines for fertilizing trees and shrubs.

While beautiful, ivy can cause damage to some landscape plants. Keep your plants healthy by using the following tips for properly removing invading ivy from your trees and shrubs.

A rough winter and tough spring can really damage young trees. If yours look like they didn’t make it through the cold season, don’t give up hope yet. Learn why your favorites might not be blooming or leafing out – as well as how to help them bounce back.

For more than 20 years, researchers have tried unsuccessfully to control the devastating spread of oak wilt. As with many serious plant diseases, prevention is the best medicine. Learn what steps you can take to help keep this deadly disease out of your trees – and garden.

Trees and shrubs are landscape staples. If you want your plants to thrive (and your investment to last), after-planting care is important for the first couple of years. Follow these simple post-planting tips for trees and shrubs and keep your new additions healthy and strong.

Think you’ve got nothing to do in the garden this winter? If you’ve got fruit trees in your yard, grab those gardening gloves, pruning tools and your hat and coat. It’s time to do a little trimming to ensure healthy trees with lots of tasty fruit!

Surface tree roots appear in the most inopportune locations, then we damage our trees by disturbing or injuring these roots. Here’s what you can do – and what to avoid – when dealing with these bumps in your landscape.

Before you buy a tree for your yard, consider the maintenance requirements of various tree species.

Planting a tree isn’t that hard – but there’s more to it than just digging a hole. Learn the proper way to plant a tree, as well as a little post-planting care.

Proper planting and good care go a long way toward keeping your trees and shrubs healthy – and so does keeping an eye out for early signs of pests and diseases. Catching any problems early – and treating them right – can keep your woody ornamentals in the pink (or green)!

Trees aren’t nearly as tough as they appear. They can be seriously wounded by our careless mistreatment. Here’s how to keep your trees happy – and what not to do.