Trees are beautiful and offer a wide variety of benefits to the environment. However, trees can be dangerous if they are not properly maintained. Snow, ice, wind, and lightning are just a few factors that can add into the danger of trees, as these elements can cause limbs to break and entire trees to fall, injuring people and causing damage to property.

Snow and bone-chilling temperatures are quite common in the winter here in the Kansas City area. While we don’t typically see a lot of pesky insects during this time of the year, we know they are hiding somewhere. Have you ever stopped to wonder how this kind of weather affects insects?

Everyone can appreciate the beauty of landscape trees. Mature landscape trees can add considerable value to commercial and residential properties and offer many environmental benefits. However, significant economic losses can be suffered from tree mortality.

Although we’re barely into 2011, it’s time to start preparing your trees for spring. Now is the perfect time to begin a Plant Health Care program with Cartwright Tree Care! With our Plant Health Care program, you will receive a full property diagnosis to begin with. From there, we will move on to tree and shrub fertilization, as well as renewing or signing up customers for preventative spray treatments, such as Tip Blight on pines and apple scab on crab trees.

We have said it before, and we’ll say it again – you must take good care of your trees throughout the winter months. Wind, snow, rain, and even winter drought can be very tough on your trees, but minimizing winter damage is easy and quick. Here are three tips we found on Associated Content that will help keep your trees healthy through the winter, and in turn, they’ll look even more beautiful in the spring!

The team at Cartwright Tree Care would like to send you best wishes for a great year in 2011! We would like to thank all of our clients for their continued support. We hope you have a safe holiday and a prosperous New Year. We look forward to working with you in 2011!

If you used a live Christmas tree this holiday season, don’t forget to recycle it. Recycling your Christmas tree is a great, and green, way to get rid of your tree after the holiday decorations come down.

Happy holidays from Cartwright Tree Care! We would like to take this opportunity to thank our readers and clients for the support you have given throughout the year. We wish you all the best this holiday season and look forward to working with you in 2011!

Christmas is this Saturday! Many who love a fresh cut Christmas tree often wait until just days before Christmas to select a tree to decorate their homes with. If that’s you, check out a few of the tips we found from the National Christmas Tree Association to keep your tree looking fresh!

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