Q: We have a beautiful Autumn Blaze maple tree with a split trunk bark. We’re wondering if it’s dying and if there is anything to be done to save it. We’d sure appreciate any advice. — Cliff and Nancy ...

Dear Neil: My eastern redbud, albeit, leaning, seems to be healthy and has bloomed for several years. I noticed that it has an area that is moist and weeping on its trunk. Should I be concerned enough ...

I am having a couple of trees cut down next week. Is it OK to use the wood as firewood? One is a maple and the other is a ...

A: There are many things that could cause bark on a tree to split: mechanical damage, animal damage, a lightening strike, even a fluctuating weather pattern. The weather rapidly toggling between mild ...

A distinctive willow popular for climbing in the center of John A. Finch Arboretum will be removed after park officials determined it is no longer safe to play on. The tree was fenced off this spring ...