Q: You have always said to add watering days instead of more water per application. During the hottest September on record, the water district ads told us to water fewer days (three in fall and one ...

Question: I have been replacing gravel with wood mulch and I have to put the gravel someplace. What thickness of gravel can I place around the plants, none at the trunk, without causing damage? Also, ...

Sometimes a tree will look great for a few years and then, due to crowding from surrounding shrubs or other trees, start to ...

During the spring, my most common question that comes into the office is, “why is my tree turning brown?” The answer to that question begins with the most basic need for all living things, water.

Q: Our roots are firmly planted in old East Sacramento, where many new trees have been planted when mature, sickly Modesto ash trees were lost. Can our younger trees survive the summer months with ...

A lot of trees and plants are suffering because of the extreme, prolonged heat and drought conditions, agriculture specialists say. "We're seeing mature trees, and especially recently planted trees, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When watering the plants in our gardens, many of us often overlook a particular plant type: trees. It's easy to assume that the ...

Mature landscape trees are some of the Valley’s greatest assets. In our hot, dry climate with higher levels of dust and pollution in our air, the leaves, needles and fronds on large healthy trees ...

If your trees could pant, they would. After four years of little rain and decreasing irrigation, redwoods, birches and all their brethren are parched and, in many cases, beginning to die in large part ...

Plants can’t survive without water—but too much or too little causes problems.

Successful tree planting begins before a shovel hits the ground.

Answer: This is a rather typical situation I hear about quite frequently. I suggest keeping the trees for the shade they provide. You can trim the roots near the ...