Choosing a Tree for Your Landscape

Choosing a Tree for Your Landscape

Mistakes are easy to make when choosing a tree. Most of these are related to misinformation regarding a tree’s size when full grown. It’s also common to see mishaps like full-sun plants tucked into shady corners. Planting a tree should be fun and exciting....
Codominant Stems and Reducing Tree Failures

Codominant Stems and Reducing Tree Failures

Research shows that trees with multiple (codominant) stems have a higher likelihood of failure than those with a single stem so it is important to address this trait – the earlier, the better. To explain, codominant stems occur when two or more stems grow upward from...
Tips on How to Properly Prune Hydrangea

Tips on How to Properly Prune Hydrangea

This time of year many people want to know the best way to prune hydrangeas. How and when to prune strongly depends on the hydrangea species. Therefore, you should first understand the type of hydrangea you have to ensure health and maximum blooms. Bigleaf (Hydrangea...
Tree Surgery Waste and Its Use for Biomass Fuel

Tree Surgery Waste and Its Use for Biomass Fuel

We are living in an ever-changing environment – even if the change is slow. There are various reasons behind the changes – both man-made and natural – and these are making changes that are hard for the environment to deal with. The major issues are pollution and...
Straight Felling a Tree Safely

Straight Felling a Tree Safely

Tree felling is one of the most dangerous tasks a tree surgeon has to undertake and there are many steps and precautions that need to be taken into consideration to successfully and safely cut down a tree. Straight Felling: The Basics As with all trees that are cut...