by David Boswell | Feb 4, 2025 | Fire Blight, Plant Health Care, Tree Health Care, Tree Insect Control, tree pruning
Close of the Year Tree Services Trees are large, tall, and immovable. They have no choice but face what our weather throws at them in the winter. Trees adapt well to cold weather if given time to harden. However, abrupt, unexpected polar plunges and winter droughts in...
by David Boswell | Dec 3, 2024 | Large Tree Services, Plant Health Care, tree pruning
Tree straightening helps trees that have grown in a slanted or leaning manner. Tree straightening corrects the shape of a tree that has been damaged or has grown out of control over time. The process involves pruning, cabling, and bracing to improve the tree’s...
by David Boswell | Oct 16, 2024 | Plant Health Care, Tree Insect Control
Ross Tree is noticing a lot of Thrips this month. We arrive to service trees, but the homeowners also want us to look at insect damage on their grapes, roses, and other yard plants. We have even been asked to look at the damage to marijuana plants grown for personal...
by David Boswell | Sep 30, 2024 | Emerald Ash Borer, Plant Health Care, Tree Insect Control
In September 2024, the CSU Extension in Jefferson County confirmed its first case of Emerald Ash (EAB) in a small area in central Lakewood. If not treated, EAB will kill green and white Ash since they have no immunity. It will also kill Autumn Purple Ash. Mountain ash...
by John Downs | Sep 18, 2024 | Cottonwoods, Plant Health Care
Poplars, Cottonwoods, and Aspens are all members of the Populus genus, with many characteristics that make them desirable in homeowners’ yards. These attractive trees have triangular leaves with long stems and silvery backsides that shimmer or quake in the wind....
by David Boswell | Sep 16, 2024 | Plant Health Care, Tree Health Care
Ross Tree has seen rare tree diseases and insects over the last two years because of our wet spring and summer. In 2023, May was particularly wet. All these fungi weaken trees, making them more susceptible to other damaging diseases or pests. In the summer of 2024,...
