Q: Over the last couple of years, our Norway and Sunset maples have developed long, vertical splits in the bark. These splits can be as much as four feet long. This spring, some of them have been ...

Q: I have a 'Red Sunset' maple tree that has what looks to be split bark on the south side of the trunk. It is a relatively young tree, and I do not want to lose it. I'm attaching a photo so you can ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: We purchased a home with two red maples on the north side of the house. They were about 10 years old and about 20 feet tall. Both have bark missing on the south side of the trunk, up to ...

Both January and February were colder than normal. January’s 4.7 degrees was 6.5 below the normal of 11.2 degrees. This impressive deviation was less than what we experienced in the following month.

Mar. 8—The winter of 2023-24 has been not quite the warmest on record for the Northland, but nearly so. While December and February were contenders for the No. 1 spot, January provided us with a few ...

If the bark is peeled all the way around, it does not sound too hopeful that the tree will survive. A tree would have a hard time surviving if such damage went even half way around. This is a process ...

The list of diseases attacking trees in the Pacific Northwest grows every year. A pathogen now found in Bellingham brings an added concern: It can injure people. A research project using citizen ...