Q: Last week, I read your technique of removing potting soil and pruning the roots of a houseplant that’s root-bound. Is the same technique used for landscape azaleas? Weston Becker, Decatur A: Yes.

The Polo Beach Park parking lot in Wailea will be closed from 7 a.m. to noon today while maintenance crews use heavy equipment to remove a large root ball from a fallen tree, the county Department of ...

To remove the wire basket from your tree before planting or not to remove the wire basket? That is the question many gardeners ask themselves when planting B&B (balled and burlapped) trees. Does ...

On Sept. 28, Bakersfield (Calif.) firefighters faced an unusual rescue call, one combining entrapment, confined space and some shoring challenges. At 1037 HRS, a 911 caller reported hearing two men ...

The first step of proper tree planting is to select the tree type and decide where it should go. You can find that info in last week’s column. Today, the subject is preparing the hole properly. Flares ...

ANN ARBOR, MI – A root ball caused hundreds of gallons of frothy sewage to be discharged into the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum Monday morning for the second time in more than a month.