by Trees SC | Feb 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
As I sit here on a blustery January day, avoiding doing all of the things that REALLY should be done, I look out the window. What do I see? Spanish moss, hanging from the bald cypress tree out front…. Spanish moss, billowing in the wind …. Spanish moss … what exactly...
by Trees SC | Feb 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Choosing the Right Tree for the Right Place Basswood/American linden Latin Name: Tilia americana Texture: Medium course to course Common Name(s): Basswood, American linden Growth Rate: Moderately fast growing Zones: 3 to 8 Light: Full sun Height & Width: ...
by Trees SC | Jan 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
How would you like to be called dung-on-a-twig? There certainly are worse things in life but certainly much better things as well. Dung-on-a-twig is one of the root meanings for mistletoe, which grows on trees. This common name comes from two parts of Anglo-Saxon...
by Trees SC | Nov 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
New Legislation Would Establish USDA Label for Pollinator-Safe Plants Media contact: Scott Hoffman Black, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation – (503) 449-3792, scott.black@xerces.org PORTLAND, Ore., Jun. 27, 2023 — On Friday, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff...
by Trees SC | Nov 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
From Mighty Oaks, by Jeff Dexter Here in Aiken, we’re halfway through acorn season. The white oak acorns are mostly split and starting to sprout. The red oak acorns, which are later to sprout, are still good for harvesting. The differences in germination time are due...
by Trees SC | Nov 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ohioline Ohio State University Extension Beech Bark Disease – Esther Kibbe and Enrico Bonello, Department of Plant Pathology Beech bark disease (BBD) is a devastating disease of American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrl.) caused by a combination of damage to the...
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