Protect Your Trees From Beavers! Despite the myth of beavers eating fish, Beavers are pure vegetarians, subsisting solely on woody and aquatic vegetation. They will eat fresh leaves, twigs, stems, and bark. Beavers will chew on any species of tree, but preferred species include alder, aspen, birch, cottonwood, maple, poplar and willow. Beavers causes unsightly damage on the trunks of trees. Extended […]
Tree Problems
Wondering If Your Tree Was Hurt By The Recent Rain? Chances Are It Was. Rain, rain, go away! Usually a children’s song, it has also been a plea from many DC Metro Area residents this May. With it raining 17 days in the first 3 weeks of May, we were all ready for the sun […]
Tree Scale On Your Northern Va, Maryland, or DC Tree? If you have been noticing small little bumps on your trees and shrubs branches and stems you might have a tree scale infestation. Our Arborists warn that Northern Va, Maryland, and DC are getting hit hard by scale this spring. Earlier today our Arborist saw a […]
My Shrubs Are Turning Black/Brown : Learn What’s Causing The Problem And How To Fix It! My Shrubs Are Turning Black: In 90% of cases of shrubs turning black, the cause is a fungus commonly known as Sooty Mold. Sooty Mold is a fungus that grows on the excretions of a plant-sucking insect. In small […]
If Your Tree Is Dying From The Top Down And You Want To Know Why You’ve Come To The Right Place The top of your tree, also known as the crown, should be the healthiest part of your tree. If your tree is dying from the top down it is experiencing a common but serious tree […]
Be on the look out for Eastern Tent Caterpillars in your landscape! Our Arborists warn that we will start seeing lots of Eastern Tent Caterpillars in the upcoming weeks. These caterpillars are a species of moth that emerge in their larvae state during spring and summer months. These hairy insects, with areas of blue, white, black, and […]
Prune Now: As the weather in our Nation’s capital is growing colder the opportunity to prune Elm trees is fast approaching. Unlike other species of trees that can be pruned year round the Elm tree typically needs to be pruned during the coldest parts of winter to protect the tree from the deadly Dutch Elm […]
3 Reasons Why You Need A Tree Health Program It may be difficult to imagine why you should invest in a year round tree health program instead of only contacting an Arborist when a problem occurs; however, a proactive tree health program is vital for the well-being of a landscape. This is why we have compiled […]
Are you starting to notice white, cottony masses on the bark of your Cherry trees? An insect called White Peach Scale is most likely to blame. Although the insect can affect other hosts such as lilac, privet, catalpa, dogwood, and walnut, our Arborists report seeing White Peach Scale mostly on a wide variety of Cherry […]
