One thing that makes most horticulturists cringe is the practice of needlessly topping a tree. The elegant crape myrtle is often a victim. I know my predecessor, James Hodges, covered ...

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The sound of the wind gently whispering through tree leaves during the winter might make you think you've traveled back in time by a couple of months. Why are dried, dead leaves clinging to the ...

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while the latter can kill a tree within weeks. They infect ohia through open bark wounds, and choke off water-transporting vessels, causing leaves to quickly brown out and die. Rapid ohia death ...