Q: My redbud tree is about 5 years old. Last year's storms split the trunk a few inches. What can I do to help or repair it? A: That happened to a lot of redbuds -- and other trees, for that matter.

Don't stress if you have a tree that's not looking its best in the bark department. You can save a tree with damaged bark by first assessing the type of damage. Once you know the severity, you have a ...

Once leaves drop from trees, splitting, peeling, bleached or oozing bark may become more noticeable. The cause can range from normal bark development to environmental causes or disease. If tree bark ...

Here is a problem that can occur on trees of all sizes: The trunk splits apart below two stems of roughly equal size. In arborist lingo it is “failure of the attachment of codominant stems.” I have ...

A reader recently asked why some of her apple trees had splitting bark. She wonders if the tree eventually will die. Splitting bark occurs because of many factors at any time. Cornell University has ...