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EMERSON SCHOOL’S ELMS
I grew up on the Near West Side of Chicago in a neighborhood of concrete and asphalt that was nearly…
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HEALING MY SILVER MAPLE
We have a 45 year old Silver Maple in our backyard. At some point in it's early days, someone probably…
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SAVING A TREE
I had an older Silver Maple in my backyard. I know they aren't the best trees but it provided much…
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From the blog member talk by admin on Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Name: Robert Lapple
Email: robertlapple@hotmail.ca
After removing several branches from a sugar maple in early December, the affected areas won’t stop “bleeding”. Applying Wilson Pruning spray has no effect. Any suggestions?

From the blog member talk by admin on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Name: helen
Email: hjmm@att.net
I have a cottonwood tree that needs trimming. Can that be done now without damaging the tree, or do I need to wait until spring?

From the blog member talk by admin on Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Name: mary steckbeck
Email: najmary@aol.com
We have beautiful 15 foot hemlocks on the west side of our house. In the past year they have begun to die out from the base up. What …

From the blog member talk by admin on Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Name: Nancy
Email: wfpiper@comcast.net
Found one branch or several lilac trees in my side yard with a realy strange fungus or lichen. Goes from the base of the brach to the very to, …

From the blog member talk by admin on Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Name: Celeste
Email: celeste5757@sbcglobal.net
Hi, Can someone please tell me the correct name of the trees with leaves that look like ferns? In the fall some of them drop seed pods that are …

From the blog member talk by admin on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Name: deb
Email: debcook@mac.com
I was told by a reliable sorce that all the leaves of a Ginkgo Biloba fall of the tree at once in a matters of minutes, is this true? …

From the blog member talk by admin on Monday, October 24th, 2011

Name: LILLIAN
Email: LILIGX@COMCAST.NET
MY YOUNG SMOKE TREE (ABOUT 7' IS LEANING SOUTH. IT IS BEAUTIFUKL AND IN FULL SUN. SHOULD I JUST TRY TO BRACE IT?

From the blog member talk by admin on Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Name: John Wawrzyniec
Email: jwawrzyniec@comcast.net
My 300 year-old white oak, backyard environment, has dropped many hundreds of small, leafy twigs, up to pencil diameter, this Fall. Most have green leaves and the breaks …

From the blog member talk by admin on Monday, October 17th, 2011

Name: Dorothy Lamb
Email: rydmlamb@sbcglobal.net
For years I've always picked up a few horse chestnuts off the ground from the trees in Oak Park. Did they drop them early this year? I …

From the blog member talk by admin on Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Name: kevin
Email: cleo195144@yahoo.com
All the evergreens (Blue spruce, pine) are developing brown needles from inside near the trunk and out. Is it the weather or something else?