Having the good, cold winter is good for maples. Maples want a nice, cold period during their dormant season. That's healthy for the trees. Having a good snow pack, which we have throughout most ...

and how to prune a Japanese maple to keep your tree healthy and beautiful. Do the bulk of Japanese maple pruning in the late winter or early spring months, during the tree’s dormancy period and ...

The best place for any small maple, Craig says, is on the east or north side of a building or where a bigger tree will break up the winter sun and keep the thin bark from cracking. Craig says you ...

With the leaves out of the way in winter, it is easy to see the branch ... OSU Extension Master Gardener Q: My maple tree has strange string-like things on it this year. It seems to be harming ...

Sugar maple trees have some unique features ... Preliminary observations from New Jersey climatologist David Robinson show this winter rose into the top 10 warmest since records began being ...

Maple sap flows from a tree at Sugar Oak Farms on March 11 in ... the maple industry is experiencing an “old-fashioned winter,” Wild said, with thaws holding off until the end of February.

But right now (late winter) is the time when sugarmakers ... That’s why the sugar maple is the tree of choice for most sugarmakers. The problem is, there are a lot more red maples than sugar ...

Cracks and splits can be caused by winter temperature fluctuations, often termed “frost cracks.” Wrapping young maple trees in late fall and removing in spring can provide protection against ...