Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

During the period between April 15 and July 15, beetles actively carry spores of fungus from tree to tree, meaning oak trees are at high risk for infection with oak wilt. Oak trees with wounds in ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Some lawn maintenance is recommended now that the leaves have fallen. Experts explained why this is the best time of year to prune your trees to avoid a deadly tree ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Pin oak or Quercus palustris is named for a characteristic where small, thin, ...

The city mailed letters to residents in neighborhoods where the disease caused the removal of oak trees owned by the city. To learn more about Oak Wilt, view the Ohio State University's Oak Wilt fact ...

Q. We have a pin oak tree that is approximately 30 feet tall. On the north-facing side of the tree there are many wilted leaves, and there are many balls of strange growth. Pictures of the leaves and ...

New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of Agriculture and Markets (DAM) today announced that the oak tree disease, oak wilt, has been detected in the Central ...

MADISON (WKOW) — As the calendar rolls into April, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources put out an advisory Wednesday urging residents to watch out for oak wilt disease. According to a news ...

The last big pin oak tree in Cheapside Park came down this week, and there is a dispute about what caused its demise. Tim Queary, the city's urban forester, said the tree had heart-rot disease and ...

Instead of struggling to grow trees that don't tolerate the wet conditions in low-lying areas of your yard, like flowering dogwood and yew, find a species that thrives in damp soil. Pin oak (Quercus ...