Tree Care Tips from Arbor Masters

Arbor Masters is with you even after we’ve left your property. Get expert tree care tips from our blog to keep up your trees' beauty and value.

Cluster of pink-red crabapple fruits hanging from a branch with green and yellowing leaves on a Marion, Iowa, crabapple tree.
How to Identify and Stop Apple Scab on Crabapples
Seeing olive-green spots and falling leaves on your crabapple? It's likely apple scab. Here's what those spots mean and how to stop them next year.
A close-up of two adult japanese beetle eating leaves of a tree
Why One Treatment for Japanese Beetles in Rock Island County Isn’t Enough
Japanese beetles return to Rock Island County every July. Learn why a single treatment won't protect your lindens, crabapples, and birches this season.
A mature tree with a deep vertical split running down from a V-shaped branch union, with raw inner wood visible where the bark has separated.
How to Save a Damaged Tree in Dallas County After a Storm
Have a damaged tree that needs saving? Here’s when cabling and bracing work, when targeted pruning helps, and when removal is the safer call after a storm.
Arbor Masters plant health care technician showing equipment from the back of a service truck to a mom and two young kids in a residential driveway.
What’s Included in a Professional Tree Treatment Program in Oklahoma’s Cleveland and Canadian Counties
Effective tree care involves more than spraying chemicals and hoping for improvement. Learn what’s included in a professional tree treatment program.
Mature Texas mountain laurel in full bloom with cascading purple flower clusters and glossy evergreen leaves.
What North Texas Spring Bloomers Need Before Summer Heat
Spring blooms are fading across Dallas. What your flowering trees need now can determine how they handle summer heat, drought, and disease pressure.
A landscaped pond surrounded by mature trees, ornamental shrubs, and a small waterfall reflects the kind of established canopy that drives property value in North Texas.
How Proactive Tree Care Helps Protect Your Property Value in Southlake and Colleyville
A neglected tree can turn from an asset into a liability quickly. Learn how proactive tree care helps preserve mature landscapes in Southlake and Colleyville.
Large storm-damaged tree branch broken from the trunk and lying on the ground in a Tulsa residential neighborhood.
Why Some Bixby and South Tulsa Trees Survive Storms and Others Don’t — The Role of Structural Pruning
Some Bixby and South Tulsa trees survive May storms. Others don't. The difference is usually structural pruning — here's what it is and why it matters.
A skid-steer loader and a tracked excavator working together to clear a wooded Missouri lot, kicking up a haze of red clay dust against a backdrop of standing pine trees, with cleared soil and root debris in the foreground.
Planning Lot Clearing in Smithville, MO? What to Know Before You Begin
Clearing a wooded lot in Smithville involves more than removing trees. Learn what to know about lot clearing, permits & site prep before breaking ground.
Arbor Masters arborist measuring the trunk diameter of a mature tree during a tree assessment in a Wichita neighborhood.
What a Certified Arborist Looks for When Assessing Mature Trees in Butler County
Mature trees in Butler County face unique threats from alkaline soils, wind, and age. See how professional arborist assessments help protect and preserve them.
Massive heritage oak tree with sprawling, low-spreading branches and a thick, moss-covered trunk anchoring a manicured estate lawn, illustrating the kind of mature specimen tree vulnerable to soil compaction decline on Cass County properties.
Why Heritage Trees Decline on Well-Maintained Cass County Estates
Your heritage trees may be showing subtle signs of stress long before decline becomes obvious. Learn what most homeowners often overlook in Cass County.
A view looking up through a thinning tree canopy shows bare gray branches mixed with sparse green and yellowing leaves against a clear blue sky.
Why Overland Park’s Oldest Neighborhoods Are Losing Their Tree Canopy (and What Homeowners Can Do)
Overland Park’s older neighborhoods are losing the mature trees that once defined them. Learn how to protect the canopy on your property.
Left: an oak tree and and airspade tool during an excavation. Right: A healthy looking root flare after an excavation has been done.
How Buried Root Flares Impact the Health of Northland’s Oaks
Your oak might not be dying of old age — a buried root flare could be the real problem. Know the warning signs and find out what a Certified Arborist can do.