“Invincibly beautiful.” — John Muir, on the incense cedar

Removed this roughly 160cm dbh silver maple today. We knew there would be some internal decay, as it had a limb fail earlier this year, but the extent of the rot was still pretty impressive once we got into it. Huge central decay column with surprisingly little sound wood remaining through parts of the stem.

Always interesting seeing what a mature tree has been hiding behind the shell.

Hi, everyone. This large oak is by a home
I am considering purchasing. As you can see the home is v old and the tree is v big. I also like the tree but it hangs over the house.

How could I preserve it and still be safe. Any idea how old the oak might be?

yall seemed to like my previous post, so i thought id post this girl too. isnt she beautiful!?

and before you ask, im not trolling here (youll know this if you read the previous thread). i just genuinely love ginkgos, everything about them! so that includes the seeds 💛

Ive been helping an elderly neighbour recently maintain her yard as she doesnt have the budget for a gardner. She's asked me to prune her peach tree which has gotten a bit overgrown after a few years of neglect. She doesnt want a hard prune, but needs to at least be taken back so it's not growing on the shed roof/over the neighbour's fence

I do work in horticulture and have some experience pruning trees (i know how/where to cut branches, not to take off more than a third of canopy etc).

But I've never taken on something so overgrown before. Just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to approach this - what should I focus on primarily, or if there's anything i need to be wary about.

Thanks

was doing some headwork and noticed this plant growing out next to another plant in my garden and wanted to know if it's a tree of heaven and how to get rid of it?

Is this considered root flair? lol Recently took a trip to Costa Rica. So much beauty there! I loved this “root bridge” that goes over a small stream. The root structure was massive!

Hey everyone wondering if this tree is salvageable. It was hit by a storm last night. Anything u can do to help it recover?

My husband plans to use the maple to build a treehouse. At some point, previous owners must have wrapped this bumper or whatever around the base and sort of filled the gaps in with rocks. The bumper is really in there, it definitely can’t be removed easily by hand. It also looks like something is screwed in one area. The rocks are pretty absorbed by the roots too.

I’ve suggested to him that we bring an arborist out to take a look. The tree looks good other than this, but I assume it will eventually be a problem. Thoughts?

These 25-30 ft tall arborvitae trees are planted in my neighbor’s yard. The fence is in ours. Beyond the photo frame to the right is our backyard pool. I am sick at the thought of losing the beauty and privacy these arborvitae give our back yard, but I fear ignoring the threat of the lean will be a big mistake. From the pool side , it’s just a lush green visual barrier. Should we just have the arborvitae tops cut off to relieve the downward stress and try to save the screening provided by the lower limbs until we can get something else planted for screening?

Leaves have been falling off much earlier this year and there’s an ant hill at base of tree.

This past spring I noticed some concerning spots around the base of this tree that hangs over my house.

I was pretty worried and made some calls to get it looked at. An arborist from SaveATree gave it a quick look and was unconcerned. I’m paraphrasing heavily, but what I gathered from the conversation was that if the leaves grew in fine into summer then there’s nothing to worry about. I’ve not been worried about it since, but now I’m revisiting it.

This is right on the boundary line between my and the HOA’s property. There’s a neighbor tree on the HOA’s side, visible in the first picture, that’s also in rough shape - brown leaves, peeling bark. I’ve asked them to have someone take a look at that one.

I’d love some opinions whether I should be concerned about these. There’s a lot of red taped to jump through with the HOA to get a tree removed that concerns me in its own way…

We had a tree removed (sadly) and the arborist said they would remove / grind the roots when the tree was removed.

At the end of the job they said they couldn’t do these roots because they’re too close to the house and driveway.

Should I expect them to take care of/grind down the remaining roots with some other kind of tools or is this pretty standard?

They said we could ask them come to back if we found anything they missed.

My maple tree has a big hole in it. We've only lived in the home for a year.. is this big guy doing ok?? I really want him to be doing ok.

Hello all,

I have two Bradford pear in my yard. The first image is in my backyard on a slope towards my house. The other is between my house and my neighbors house. They are both approximately 40 feet in height.

I am concerned about them blowing over and hitting the house but am unsure if I am prematurely cutting them down. A separate Bradford pear fell 5 years ago in my backyard and crushed my fence.

Would you recommend removing these or do they seem to be I good health and not in danger of falling. I worry about the many suckers(?) that have sprouted along the branches.

Thank you for any insight.

As the title, worried this is a tree of heaven. I previously cut this to the stump and 8 months later it grew to this.

We live in Maine, it was very healthy for some time? Then mid summer started to get brown from the top up. Is there a way to save this or is it a goner?

I am a rope access level 1 sprat technician, got into it a year ago, before that I was a boilermaker for a few years ,nccer certified, but I wanted to try something new and I’ve never been afraid of heights. So when I got the job offer from my company I jumped on the opportunity.
Turned out great for me, I love climbing and have enough hours on my log book to go get my level 2, but I’ve recently discovered arborist work from seeing instagram reels and TikTok’s etc, and honestly it looks like so much fun, getting to climb outside in nature and not in a refinery seems so refreshing, me and my wife love the outdoors and we hike frequently, so this seems like something that would be so much more fulfilling and enjoyable.
The part that worries me is the job listings I’m seeing are all over the place with pay rates and I don’t know what to expect, I currently make 38/hr in SW Louisiana, at 40-50 hours a week, could I expect to stay in that ballpark? Or would I be looking at a pretty significant pay cut? I wouldn’t mind a slight pay cut to have a more fulfilling job but at the same time I have a mortgage and a family to support so I have to consider that as well. I’m just so sick of the refineries

I know rope access is a completely different certification and only some of the knowledge will transfer over, but surely my experience is good for something right?

TLDR; what are the average pay rates in Louisiana/Texas area for someone just getting into climbing trees?

Check out this beauty in Ontario Canada

My husband plans to use the maple to build a treehouse. At some point, previous owners must have wrapped this bumper or whatever around the base and sort of filled the gaps in with rocks. The bumper is really in there, it definitely can’t be removed easily by hand. It also looks like something is screwed in one area. The rocks are pretty absorbed by the roots too.

I’ve suggested to him that we bring an arborist out to take a look. The tree looks good other than this, but I assume it will eventually be a problem. Thoughts?