Q: I’m attaching photos of the exposed roots of a maple tree in my yard. Since the roots are now so exposed, I can’t mow over them and I’m wondering if I can cover them with dirt and reseed grass? — ...

We don’t often think about the roots of trees until there is a problem. A forester friend of mine called it a “fencepost mentality.” Being underground, they are often out of sight out of mind. However ...

Q: I want to plant emerald green arborvitae a few feet from my pool. Will the root system spread under my pool from this distance? How far out do the roots spread? We are going to buy five or six ...

Q. I’ve cut down a crape myrtle tree and now I now have them sprouting up all over the place. Do you have any ideas on how can I get rid of these? — Josephine Hargrave, Portsmouth Many trees and ...

When wayward roots threaten people’s properties, it can be hard to spur the owner to action. But there are ways. By Ronda Kaysen Q: I live in a single-family house, adjacent to a large condo in Roslyn ...

I’ve had some recent interactions with people frustrated by tree roots that surface, causing mowing difficulties and potential ankle-twisting opportunities. What can be done with surface roots?

Q: I am having a problem in finding a source for DNA testing of plants. (Everything I've found online is for determining human parentage.) My neighbor's large avocado tree, planted 3 feet from my ...

When the purple spots and yellow leaves show up on photinia and hawthorns, many people are told there is no effective treatment for the damaging entomosporium leaf spot disease. But it's not true.

MAIN LIBRARY — Trees throughout Santa Monica may be in bad shape because of faulty roots and other ailments, a situation that could have been prevented by proper selection and planting procedures, ...

In many a city and suburban yard across America, seedlings with a distinctive smell and a tropical, yet somehow familiar look crop up each summer in inconvenient places. Those are seedlings of tree of ...

Golfers generally seem to understand (or have been made aware) that tree root systems aggressively compete with turfgrasses for available water and nutrients, and that trees often lead to poor turf ...

It may not look like it at now, but mud season is right around the corner. In towns and villages, spring involves returning songbirds, blooming... Mar 02, 2019 — It may not look like it at now, but ...