Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The more than 200 years old Bald Cypress tree in George Rogers Clark Park still stands and blooms every spring. According to ...

Q: Recently our neighbors converted their front lawn to artificial turf. The trees were getting some good moisture from their grass, and now they won’t. The other two sides of the trees are on the ...

Sometimes a tree will look great for a few years and then, due to crowding from surrounding shrubs or other trees, start to ...

If you don’t water your young trees, this is the result. This dying tree needed to be watered weekly. Courtesy Johnson County Extension Consistent moisture is essential when establishing new plants, ...

Q: When our landscapers installed new water lines for irrigation, they cut through two major roots on a Chitalpa tree. One root was 4 inches in diameter, and the other 1½ inches in diameter. These ...

I read an interesting comment recently: “If trees produced free Wi-Fi, we’d be planting them everywhere. Too bad they only produce oxygen. “ It’s a rather tongue-in-cheek statement about trees, but it ...

As the weather cools and trees and shrubs move into a dormant stage, homeowners may think that watering is no longer on their list of outdoor tasks. But until the ground freezes, trees, shrubs and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These newly planted trees did not receive enough water to survive the hot dry conditions. Notice the empty watering bags at the ...

A new tree planted along a street or in a park often has an odd-looking accessory: a watering bag. It’s a green or brown bag made of heavy plastic sitting at the base of the tree, usually secured with ...

When you think about it, for all they do for us, trees really don’t ask for all that much. Give them the right amount of sunlight, the right amount of rain, nutrients, and some basic support, and they ...