Last year I worked on a large mall planting project. A number of trees had to be pulled out to make way for a new parking layout; the islands they had been growing in were removed and paved over, with new islands located in a different configuration. Most of the trees were hauled away by [...]
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Herbie — what remains
Posted in Miscellaneous, Plant management, Trees, tagged champion trees, environment, Herbie the Yarmouth elm, nature, Plant management, root flare, tree issues, Trees, trunk flare on March 9, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday I drove through Yarmouth, Maine, and stopped by the site where Herbie the New England Champion American Elm (Ulmus americana) had lived for over two hundred years before meeting his end this past January (see this post for the story). I wanted to see Herbie’s stump and get a better idea of what 217 [...]
In memoriam
Posted in Miscellaneous, Plant management, Trees, tagged Dutch Elm disease, environment, Herbie the Yarmouth elm, nature, Plant management, tree issues, tree removal, Trees on January 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I was in Maine last week, and planned to stop in Yarmouth on Monday to watch the removal of Herbie, the champion American Elm (Ulmus americana) that had finally become too compromised to stay standing. For several months, stories about Herbie and his long-time steward, Yarmouth tree warden Frank Knight (at 101 years old, he [...]
Massachusetts Arbor Day of Service
Posted in Massachusetts Arborists Association, Miscellaneous, Pruning, Trees, tagged MAA, Massachusetts Arborists Association, tree issues on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Massachusetts Arborists Association has a new volunteer initiative starting in 2010. They aim to build on the traditional Arbor Day celebration by instituting a statewide volunteer service day on that day, which falls on April 30, 2010. To get the ball rolling, the MAA is inviting anyone to identify potential tree care projects in [...]
Winter moth heads up
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged winter moth, advertising, Hartney Greymont, nature, environment on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hartney Greymont of Needham, MA has the most effective reminder this year to schedule winter moth treatments. In November they sent out color postcards showing a single winter moth, about 6 times life-sized. On the back the cards explain that the brown moths visible in November are parents of the caterpillars that will feed on [...]
The season for Burning Bush
Posted in Miscellaneous, Opportunistic plants, Plant management, Plant selection, Shrubs, tagged Euonymus alatus, Oriental bittersweet, invasive species, nature, environment on November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Burning Bush Last week I was driving through a shady and pleasant part of Wellesley, MA, enjoying the really stunning show of fall colors. One bucolic road was flanked on one side by a steep wooded hill, at the bottom of which a small stream flowed next to the road. I noticed that the brightest [...]
Big-leafed mystery
Posted in Miscellaneous, Trees, tagged Paulownia on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last June, I notice three small woody plants in the front yard of an unassuming house in my town. They had each been carefully planted and mulched, and each had enormous leaves — about 12″ across, which for a three-foot high plant really is enormous. I was fascinated, and through the summer watched them take [...]
Gleditsia pods
Posted in Miscellaneous, Trees, tagged honey locust on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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