
BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR VIBURNUM AND HYDRANGEA SHRUBS!
Important Alert for Your Garden: Check Your Viburnum and Hydrangea Shrubs for Pests! Garden enthusiasts, it’s time to inspect your Viburnum and Hydrangea shrubs! We’ve

Important Alert for Your Garden: Check Your Viburnum and Hydrangea Shrubs for Pests! Garden enthusiasts, it’s time to inspect your Viburnum and Hydrangea shrubs! We’ve

YOU’RE GOING TO HEAR IT HERE FIRST FOLKS… The 17 year Cicada that wasn’t expected to emerge until mid-May is apparently starting to emerge much

As the beauty of spring unfolds in Northern Illinois, many of us delight in the blossoming of our flowering trees. However, recent plunges into chilly

A phenomenon commonly referred to as ‘Winter Damage’ often occurs in trees during the cold winter months. With the brutally cold winter winds of Illinois

In May, when soil temperatures reach 64 degrees, our trees will be attacked by some unwanted guests. Well, not some unwanted guests, more like billions

What causes some trees to hold onto their leaves well into Winter? This occurrence is called Marcescence. While Marcescence is a normal occurrence for Beech

We are finally supposed to get some rain tonight but is 1/2″ to 3/4″ of an inch going to be enough? For established trees? Yes.

Once every several years, nut bearing trees will seemingly rain either acorns, walnut or hickory nuts also referred to as a ‘seed crop’. If any

There was a ‘front page’ story in the Daily Herald on Oct 5th on this very topic. As such, we thought we’d add a little

WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT FIND THE PHOTOS INTERESTING… FOUR TREES, FOUR STAGES OF DECLINE This first photo is of a tree beginning to show signs