The LW Treecare Blog

Most trees and shrubs have potential to make hedges. Hedging plants are often supplied as bare-root specimens, which are usually...

Horse chestnut trees are grown worldwide. Historically, horse chestnut seed extract was used for joint pain, bladder and gastrointestinal...

What is tree sap? Xylem sap consists primarily of water, along with hormones, minerals, and nutrients. Phloem sap consists primarily of...

Branch is the part that grows out from the trunk. A branch becomes a stick the moment it is no longer part of the tree. Twig is a slender...

Trees are vital. As the biggest plants on the planet, they give us oxygen, store carbon, stabilise the soil and give life to the world’s...

HOW TO USE The best time to apply decorative bark is when the soil is thoroughly moist. Most often this is in late winter or early...

Heroditus, the father of ancient history, recorded in the mid-400’s B.C., that oak trees were reputed to have within their boughs, the...

Pollarding is a method of pruning that keeps trees and shrubs smaller than they would naturally grow. It is normally started once a tree...

A furniture designer from Derbyshire has taken a unique approach to making new pieces -- grow them straight out of the ground. Gavin...

A primary school has won the right to chop down a 100-year-old tree tree due to 'health and safety concerns' about chestnuts falling in...

Squirrels eat acorns year-around, but oak trees don’t drop acorns during the winter. Squirrels, therefore, collect more acorns than they...