Once leaves drop from trees, splitting, peeling, bleached or oozing bark may become more noticeable. The cause can range from normal bark development to environmental causes or disease. If tree bark ...

A reader recently asked why some of her apple trees had splitting bark. She wonders if the tree eventually will die. Splitting bark occurs because of many factors at any time. Cornell University has ...

Q: We're looking for advice to help our young crabapple tree. Several winter storms and heavy snow weighed down a branch and caused a split down the main trunk. Is there anything that can be done? The ...

A: There are many things that could cause bark on a tree to split: mechanical damage, animal damage, a lightening strike, even a fluctuating weather pattern. The weather rapidly toggling between mild ...

A from-the-ground view of a forest canopy - shuttertim82/Shutterstock When you're looking for drought-resistant trees to plant in your yard that also produce fruit ...

The tree, which had three trunks, split the house nearly completely in half. Everyone inside made it out safely.

Q: Could you provide some basic guidance on how not to kill a tree? I see conflicting information everywhere! Unfortunately, there are many ways to kill a tree, so I will try to cover the most common ...

UPDATE: On Wednesday, Sept. 4, city officials reported the tree will be removed on Friday, Sept. 6. RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — When one Richmond resident was “stumped” over what to do about an unsafe tree ...

We have a prairie fire crabapple tree that has very severe splitting in almost all of the major branches. There is some evidence of old bark splits that have healed over that we did not notice until ...

When you're looking for drought-resistant trees to plant in your yard that also produce fruit and are beautiful, cherry plum is a popular species. Also called Prunus cerasifera, these trees have white ...