Critical Note: As long as you plan to grow trees, you must remember that 90% of any tree’s roots are going to be in the top foot of the soil. Sure, it’s going to have a tap root to anchor it.

Critical Note: As long as you plan to grow trees, you must remember that 90% of any tree’s roots are going to be in the top foot of the soil. Sure, it’s going to have a tap root to anchor it.

Planting depth is crucial to the success of the tree; put it in too low or too high and the tree will suffer, unable to root out enough to support its 100-plus-year lifespan.

Follow a few basic rules if you plan to landscape around tree root systems. Failing to do so may damage or even cause death of certain trees. One’s objective should ...

Tree roots may seem like a really boring subject, I know. However, trees are the anchors and framework of our landscape. They provide shade, breeze, spring flowers, fall colors, homes ...

Some tree species form colonies from a single root system. A single root system of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) can grow into a grove of its own. Individual trees may die, but sprouts come ...

Critical Note: As long as you plan to grow trees, you must remember that 90% of any tree’s roots are going to be in the top foot of the soil. Sure, it’s going to have a tap root to anchor it.

A damaged root system is susceptible to infection, whereas healthy roots can resist infection. Because of the large number of woody plants that can be infected by Armillaria, it is not uncommon to ...