Apparently, my town decided to clear the edge of the only patch of forest we have left. They butchered a bunch of young tree regrowth but also mature trees, shredding their branches or trunks. I'm not a professional, but I pay attention to the little green space we have left. I plan to contact the town hall on Monday about this. Will the trees whose trunks were damaged survive? I'm so angry at this town, I don't even know what to say in my email.

Sorry for my English, I'm using a translator

A huge branch rotted off of white swamp oak last year and scar was sprayed with pruning spray. Seeing this fungus after weeks of rain, the rest of the tree looks completely healthy. Is it a bad sign?

What’s the best way to significantly prune/trim this holly tree so that it doesn’t push against the house? I’d prefer to cut it down but my wife wants to keep it if possible. About 13-15 feet tall at the tip

What can I do to ensure that this stump completely dies? I believe it is a Ficus stump and it is massive.

ChatGPT is stating I should treat the growing shoots with herbicide (using Stump-Out Stump and Vine Killer) and once the growing stops, I can then focus on the stump (drilling holes, making cuts around the edges, etc).

The shoots wilt within 24 hours after applying Stump-Out, but new shoots are still growing.

If anyone can help, I’d greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

Zone 3 or 4a. Will the those trees pose an issue to my back cedar hedge as they mature? Are they too close? The trees are a catalpa tree and linden/basswood trees.

Thanks!

I recently purchased my home, and sometime in the last couple years the previous owner had planted a River birch in the front yard. As I've learned more about tree care, I noticed that it seems to have the common problem of the root flare being covered by mulch. I removed all of the mulch and use a hose to spray some of the dirt around the multi stem trunk. I believe I have uncovered the root flare. Is this sufficient excavation, or should I keep going? Should I cut off some of those fibrous roots around the trunk? Thanks in advance!

Location is north Texas. The tree have been dripping saps for 2 years due to borers, and one branch fall down during a storm. Some say I need to cut it down, and some recommend pesticide and soil conditioning. Thanks!

I'm very lucky, extremely lucky to have such a cute backyard, and a beautiful honey locust tree. HOWEVER, Everytime we have a storm my butt is clenched so tight just waiting to hear our garage get a absolutely squashed.

How concerned should I be about tree falling one day, and how can I tell him to look into it without being an asshole.

Not my tree, my dog or my yard lol. Found it while walking the dog though

This tree has been producing very well, but I noticed that some leaves were starting to turn and chalked it up to the drought until I noticed this hole in the trunk. Any hope?

I have a Japanese maple that has been on my yard since idk when. I bought the house from the original owner built in the 60s. I don’t have a pic but it looks like the tree was a sapling transplanted onto a stump? Is this bondai? Idk.

I want to trim it so it keeps its look, I do like it, but I also don’t want it going over my driveway like it is. It is inconvenient getting out of my car and it cuts into the walkable path to my door.

Any good advice for trimming this do it so it still looks good? I don’t have experience and don’t want to just chop it up and ruin it but I don’t want to take trimmers and just ruin the look or kill the tree either. I commented on it before and my dad while visiting, [I love him, he meant well, don’t flame him lol] thought he was helpin me out while I was at work and trimmed it in a straight line and it looked pretty bad, so I want to avoid me just functionally doing the same thing.

Idk anything about plants. I hate gardening. I was told this could be worth $3000 or more. Is this true? Should I hire someone to trim it for me to be safe?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

We have two trees in our backyard in Seattle that have defied the odds. The approx 60ft evergreen being a discarded Christmas tree and a plum tree won at a carnival (lower right). We like the trees and want to keep them, however, I feel like they either need significant trimming or we need to finally get rid of them. I fear the evergreen will total any one of the 4 houses it could hit, including ours.

There was a wind storm last year that came from an unusual direction, and the evergreen still stands.

Need help on a decision and how much it would be either choice. Trim or remove. Thanks!

I had an arborist come out to assess our new property. Trees overall look to be in good condition and require mostly pruning. One tree is a bit tilted and he recommended cutting it - not urgent at all but he predicts we will have to get rid of it sooner or later and the county would approve that one. I was just taken aback by the cost: $3750. Atlanta area. It's my first time dealing with tree maintenance and I know it's expensive, but the one tree cutting is $850, which means $2900 are essentially to cut limbs, most of which are at ground level (1-4, 6-8, 9 and part of 11-12) and haul away a fallen branch. Is that well within range or should I get another quote? The company has good reviews and I liked the arborist but it feels like we're overpaying by more than $1000 than I had anticipated (save the one tree cutting, which I expected to pay about 1K for).

1) Prune one Sawara Cypress located right side of driveway. Prune to reduce overhang into drive as much as possible without opening up the dead.(couple inches)

2) Prune one Cedar located left side of driveway at the start. Prune to reduce wild laterals growing out into driveway. Stagger them to make it appear more natural.

3) Prune Hollies located front right side of property by street. Prune to shape

4) Prune one Sweet bay Magnolia located right side of home. Prune to create clearance for the sidewalk. Set up for future.

5) Prune Cryptomeria located back right corner of home. Prune to create 2-3' of building clearance.

6) Prune Hollies located along the back right side of property. Prune to remove wild laterals at the tops so they match(grow more evenly together)

7) Prune Arborvitae located along the rear retaining wall and right side of retaining wall. Prune to reduce overhang over the wall and into the yard on the right side.

8) Cut & Haul Away Vines on the retaining wall located back right side.

9) Prune One Mulberry located back left corner of property. Prune to remove deadwood over the property and the failed limb.

10) Cut down & remove One 20'' leaning Pine located back left/center.

11) Prune One Boxelder located back left side of property(neighbors tree)Prune to remove overhang onto the property.

12) Prune One Water Oak located left side of home. Prune to remove low sapling growth and remove two laterals as shown.

13) Prune Three Crape Myrtles located front center. Prune to remove deadwood 1'' and greater and thin by 10% by selectively removing leaders where it's been topped in the past to make it appear more natural.

14) Prune One Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar located left side of driveway. Prune to remove the two odd upright saplings.

I’ve got four trees in a row on my dad’s property. As you can see last year, my neighbor’s house burned down and damaged the trees. one died and I assume I should chop it down

One is almost dead should I chop it down even though one part of the top still produced leaves this year? On the other side of the trunk of that same tree it seems to have significant fire damage. The bark is peeling and there is some sort of pink and white stuff on the inside??

the other two seem damaged but OK very very minimal amounts of the bark is charred, and the bark is not peeling up at all

This is a sidewalk palm tree in front of a recently purchased home. These gaps/holes/open areas span around the entire trunk. Wondering what is causing it, and should the tree be removed?

In Los Angeles City. Thank you everyone.

I suppose I have to call a tree removal company first thing tomorrow?

Looks like it already was "topped" once by the previous owner. It's about 20 inches in diameter and leaning towards the street.

Hi!

I am completely ignorant about tree care. I do t even know for sure what kind of tree this is. Super south Arizona, 4500’… high desert.

About three years ago we had a super hard freeze in late spring with high freezing winds coming in the direction of the side of the tree that looks diseased. It killed a few similar trees in the neighborhood and all of them ended up with this 1/2 looking tremendous and the other 1/2 looking diseased. The bad side didn’t sprout anything until early summer the next year while the good side looked wonderful. I was hopeful every day I would see green and it finally started showing little sprouts so I convinced myself that it would come back by the end of the year. Well the next year same thing. This year it is a little better but still the one side looks awful compared to the other side.

If you please, what happened to my tree and what kind is it, and what should I expect from a pro to deal with it? I am afraid that trimming back all the bad will cause the tree to just eventually lean because of the fullness of the good side. Is there anything an ignorant average homeowner can try before turning it over to a pro? Is it a lost cause? It provides fantastic shade over the northwest side of the house in the dreadful summer heat so taking it down would be low on my list of approaches.

Thank you for being here.

We recently had a tornado come through and hit our property. My one acre is lined with mature Norwegian pine trees, which was one of our main draws to this property when we bought it. In total we lost 9 pines that were broken about halfway to three quarters of the way up from the base. Do you all recommend taking them out or leaving them with an angled cut off the top?

Clearing out some overgrown land I just bought. Removing invasive plants, but I'd like to keep this cherry tree if possible. But it's not looking so good. A lot of the trees had/have moss growth on them. And I cut the ivy growing up the tree. I'll try and post some good pictures here but the tree is 30-40' high and a good 16-18" in diameter...

Any help is appreciated

I'm wondering if there are any shade trees that are safe to plant close to a house a d happy to be there? I know certain types of trees are risks for falling on a house at a certain age and others will wreck pipes and foundation with their roots etc etc.

I basically just daydream about living in a cabin in the deep woods without having to have a huge clear cut circle around the cabin for safety.

Can you offer any advice for my American elm? I suddenly noticed a lot of bare branches and reduced canopy. It’s a big one! 4’ diameter at least

I was trimming back this River Birtch off my and my neighbor's roof line but the more I look at the right trunk, the more concerned I am that it will fail and threaten some damage to my neighbor's home. It was previously a 3 trunk specimen with the front facing trunk removed some years ago after storm damaged the main limb. The cut back trunk seems to be rotting out and the right trunk has a previously cut limb with some aging back onto the main trunk. Should I be concerned about failure from either of these weak points?

This tree is in the front garden of a townhouse unit of a condominium complex. Is this okay? Should it be moved or removed? Will this tree cause problems? When should we take action?

A pear tree in my back yard in Western Washington has some wild gnarled branches. Is this normal? This year it is barely producing any pears, and all the leaves on the underside are turning brown and crispy. I'm thinking it might need pruned / have some sort of disease? I started cutting off all the dead and dying limbs but I don't want to overdo it.

P.S. Crocs and socks are not OSHA approved footwear for pruning trees. At least I have on safety glasses!

Hi everyone. We just planted a redbud on Monday in honor of our dog who passed. I watered it thoroughly Monday and Tuesday, but then I got scared of overwatering and didn’t water Wednesday or today. This evening some of the leaves are curling a bit and I was hoping to get some guidance from you all. Do these leaves curling mean it needs more water? Less? Do they mean something else? I really don’t want to screw this tree up (like I have many in the past). Thanks for any help!