Q: We have a beautiful Autumn Blaze maple tree with a split trunk bark. We’re wondering if it’s dying and if there is anything to be done to save it. We’d sure appreciate any advice. — Cliff and Nancy ...

Dear Neil: My eastern redbud, albeit, leaning, seems to be healthy and has bloomed for several years. I noticed that it has an area that is moist and weeping on its trunk. Should I be concerned enough ...

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 ...

AROUND. COMING UP. SYDNEY, THANK YOU. WELL, WHEN THESE SUMMER STORMS COME THROUGH, LIKE THE ONES MANY OF US SAW YESTERDAY, AND YOU NOTICE YOUR TREES BENDING TO THE GROUND, THEY SAY THAT’S A REMINDER ...

During a particularly hot afternoon in June, my staff and I were walking a shaded trail at Garden in the Woods in Framingham when we heard a significant cracking noise, followed by the sound of limbs ...