A homeowner said their HOA wanted a mature yard tree removed, but the situation may not be as simple as cutting it down. The ...

When the sky clears after a severe storm, many Minnesotans step outside to find twisted trunks, torn branches, and trees split clean in half. The recent stretch of high winds, torrential rains, and ...

We have a prairie fire crabapple tree that has very severe splitting in almost all of the major branches. There is some evidence of old bark splits that have healed over that we did not notice until ...

The harshest growing conditions for trees lie in urban and community landscapes, including private yards. Unfortunately, these trees are also the ones with the highest value and the ones that pose the ...

Q.: My Japanese maple is about 20 years old now. The trunk is divided and I have thought of securing the two trunks together with something because of the extra weight of snow and ice in the winter.

Many trees recover from this because a crack alone does not automatically kill a tree. Over time, the tree can form new tissue along the split. Problems start when insects, bacteria, or fungi enter ...

Severe weather left homes and cars damaged, trees split and streets littered with branches across Chicago area on Wednesday.