4 Best Soils For Potted Fig Trees
Fig trees can be both ornamental decoration and a food source. Many love them for their excellent leaves and delicious fruit, making them a staple tree in plenty of gardens. However, some choose to keep their trees potted. Potted fig trees provide a stable environment and compact space to plant your fig tree. In general, […]
4 Reasons Your Blue Spruce Isn’t Blue (And How To Fix It)
Do you own a blue spruce? If you do, you know how beautiful it is and how excellent it is as an addition to your landscaping. Most people use it as a privacy shield, windbreaker, or border for their yards. You may also see them pop up as Christmas trees. If your blue spruce tree […]
What’s Wrong With My Oak Tree? 10 Most Common Oak Diseases
Oak trees are one of the most popular trees in the world. Most commonly known for their height (often growing between 100 to 150 feet) and their adaptability, oaks are not immune to all threats. The most common oak tree diseases are oak leaf blister, armillaria root rot anthracnose, oak wilt, bacterial leaf scorch, powdery […]
6 Best Shade Trees To Plant That Don’t Cause Root Problems
In our gardens, we may work with a lot of constraints. Some constraints could be little sun, low nutrients, or even just working in small or urban spaces. With this, we may often look for specific plans to meet certain standards, such as being shade tolerant, yet not causing root problems. There are a few […]
7 Ways To Get Rid of Silkworms (Tent Caterpillars) For Good
Have you ever noticed those big ugly webs in tree forks or at the end of tree branches? These untimely natural Halloween decorations appear in spring and tent worms, often referred to as silkworms, are the cause. If these nuisance caterpillars affect your trees, you will be happy to know there are ways to get […]
5 Best Spruce Tree Fertilizers (And How to Use Them)
As winter rolls around and you see trees have lost their leaves, evergreens may seem better than ever. If you have a spruce tree, keeping it looking great and staying healthy might just be a priority for you. That is where fertilizer comes in. The best spruce tree fertilizer is a high nitrogen fertilizer with […]
5 Different Uses For Bald Cypress Cones And Balls
The bald cypress is a tree in the Cupressaceae family. This tree is a deciduous conifer similar to a pine tree. They produce cones and grow in harsh swampy conditions. The name bald comes from it being one of five conifers that shed their needles in the fall. Bald cypress balls and cones are an […]
9 Differences Between Bald Cypress And Pond Cypress Trees
If you’ve ever been to a swampy region of the southeastern United States, you’ve probably seen a bald cypress or pond cypress tree. They’re pretty unforgettable with their strange base of many root-like structures that appear to prop the rest of the tree above the water. The bald and pond cypress are closely related but […]
Oak Tree Sapling: How To Grow Plus Where To Buy
As you’ve probably realized at this point in your search, oak trees are a wide variety of organisms, and each species contains its own unique considerations. If you’re looking to learn how to grow your species of oak or where to buy it, this is for you. Oak trees grow from a few inches to […]
How Big Do Oak Tree Leaves Get? Leaf Identification
Identifying plants by their characteristics is a complex and highly technical task. It takes lots of plant knowledge and the ability to do research and readings on different plant characteristics. Oak trees, however, can be primarily identified by their leaves. Most oak trees have large lobed leaves with pointed tips or bristles near the ends. […]