Last week, we began to provide you with some winter tree care tips. Proper tree care and maintenance is important at all points throughout the year, as each season has its own set of issues that can affect the health of your trees. Today’s tips com from the International Society of Arboriculture.

Winter weather can be very hard on your trees, so it’s important to do all you can to ensure that they remain strong and healthy through the season. Over the next few blog posts, we’ll be sharing some winter tree care tips that are helpful in avoiding problems through the winter. We’ll start with these three tips:

A while back, we told you about the Scots pine, which is a pretty common tree in Missouri. Today we wanted to continue discussing trees that are common in Missouri, so we’re going to take a look at hickory trees.

Are your trees in need of trimming? Perhaps you have a tree that needs to come down before the snow and ice of winter arrives, or maybe you’ve got another tree issue that needs attention. Whatever the case may be, Cartwright Tree Care is here to help!

Dutch elm disease is another tree disease that is rather common in the Kansas City area. This particular tree disease was first discovered in the U.S. in 1930 in Ohio, according to North Dakota State University (NDSU). It’s a disease caused by a fungus called Ophiostoma ulmi that is transmitted via two species of bark beetle or by root grafting. The American elm has shown to be the most seriously affected elm by Dutch elm disease, while the Siberian elm is most tolerant.

If you’ve visited the Insect Control section of our website, then you’ve seen some examples of the pest problems we treat. One that we haven’t blogged about yet is a plant sucking pest called Scales.

If you’ve been following our blog for a while, then you have probably heard us mention the Scots pine a time or two, usually in posts about pine wilt and tip blight. However, today we’re just going to focus on this tree, not the issues that are typically associated with it.

Oak wilt is a rather aggressive tree disease that is quite prevalent in the Kansas City area, as well as in other states surrounding Missouri. This particular tree disease is one of the most serious in the United States and kills many oaks every year.

We often talk about tree diseases that are quite common in the Kansas City area on our blog, and today we’re going to talk about needlecast. Needlecast is a disease that typically affects pine and spruce species.