Tree Care Tips

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
Southlake is one of the wealthiest suburbs in the country, with a typical home valued around $1.3 million. ...
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
When the EF2 tornado tore through north Tulsa on March 6, 2026, it stripped the roof off Tulsa ...
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
Smithville is seeing its largest wave of new-home construction in decades. Between Fairview Crossing, Lakeside Farms, and ongoing ...
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
The mature trees on your Andover or Augusta property are some of the most valuable assets in your ...
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
Mature trees on well-maintained estate properties don't usually decline because homeowners ignored them. In many cases, the opposite ...
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)
If you live in Wycliff or Westbrooke South, you've probably noticed survey stakes, bright utility markers, and orange ...
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
Many of the Northland's mature oaks were planted decades ago — and some of them were planted too ...
Lightning bolts striking during a severe thunderstorm over a tree line at night.
How to Prepare Mature Trees for Severe Weather in Lee’s Summit
One severe storm is all it takes to bring down what took generations to grow. The heritage oaks ...
Gloved hand collecting a soil sample with a test tube from dark topsoil in a residential lawn for spring soil testing.
Do Trees Need Soil Testing Before Fertilization in Spring?
You've been paying for tree fertilization in Leawood or Mission Hills for years now. The trucks show up ...
Close-up on a branch of a magnolia tree with white scale insects and leaving some black waxy material
How to Spot and Treat Magnolia Scale in the Cedar Rapids Area
In Iowa, magnolia scale is one of the most common and damaging insect pests on ornamental magnolias. It's ...