Doesn't look like canker, rather it's woundwood from previous bark damage.
Weeping willows are notorious for randomly tearing out limbs. You have a few options:A crown reduction, as your tree surgeon offered. This will...
Hi Lone Northern LassDark green tree is a leylandii. Brighter green tree is a western red cedar. - you're not in possession of specimen trees...
Hi Fat ControllerWhat you have there is a classic Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii'. In the right place these trees can be impressive and...
Hi ChristinaHas any landscaping work been undertaken around the tree within the last two years?
Hi Anitra66That whole story just sounds bizarre and the fact that your neighbour felt brave and brazen enough to come in a carry out...
We'll all be long gone from this earth by the time the tree gets anywhere near being an issue. It'll be somebody else's responsibility then. With...
Your criteria are pretty exacting and you won't really get what you're after unless you pay a good price and invest in formative pruning and...
HelloCherry trees often get canker and can carry on growing with quite happily before any major trauma starts to occur. If you start pruning...
It's doing what trees do when hemmed into a corner like that - it's going for space and light! It'll right itself at the top when it finds itself...
If it's dead dead then it won't regrow from the stump if you cut it down. The root system will simply rot away in the soil over time. You could...
I'd suggest that it's not going to cause structural problems to the house as modern builds have a far more substantial foundation than previous...
Hello. It looks like Prunus cerasifera Nigra (purple leaf plum) to me. It's an ornamental tree so don't get any ideas about bumper crops of fruit!...
THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER PRUNING OF TREES..
Yup. They're practically indestructible. Have at it.
IMPO my initial thought on this is that the tree has been unnecessarily and inadequately staked resulting in an overall weak form. Trees need...
Hi bigpeterDead leylandii will stand for as long as they can before they fall over. Same question as how long's a piece of string? It all...
It's highly likely that the remaining upright stem will snap off in the next gale as it's now exposed to the elements. Removing that upright limb...
Hi hailboppFirstly - I'd recommend asking for a quote and not an estimate. You want a statement of what it will cost to carry out the work...
The squeeze on council budgets have led to a lot of departments having to cut back on what they should / could do. Where I am the council used to...
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