Over the last few years, I and other people I know in the tree business have noticed an increase in concern about trees doing damage during storms. This, of course, is no surprise, as tornadoes, ...

A large tree blocks a Palo Alto street after a wind storm. Courtesy Carol Hubenthal. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in ...

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted incorrectly ...

Ah, December, the month when many people bring a little—or not-so-little—piece of the great outdoors inside in the form of a Christmas tree. But what kind of care does a felled tree need to look and ...

This month started with record rainfall and several rounds of severe weather. The severe weather caused extreme damage to many established trees throughout the area. The damage was not limited to the ...