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    TREES, PLEASE! Tiki Carved Trees
    • May 1

    TREES, PLEASE! Tiki Carved Trees

    By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2022. Almost 100 years ago the tiki culture became popular in the United States. One of the...
    TREES, PLEASE! Tree Mutilation For Fun And Profit
    • Mar 1

    TREES, PLEASE! Tree Mutilation For Fun And Profit

    Tree Mutilation For Fun And Profit By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. For me, tree pruning falls into three general...
    TREES, PLEASE: Petrified Wood In North County
    • Jan 1

    TREES, PLEASE: Petrified Wood In North County

    By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2022. About 600 miles from San Diego in Arizona is a National Park named the Petrified...
    TREES, PLEASE! Diamonds Are Not A Palm’s Best Friend
    • Nov 1, 2021

    TREES, PLEASE! Diamonds Are Not A Palm’s Best Friend

    By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. Right tree, right place. This advice is really a warning that we should plan for the...
    TREES, PLEASE! One Can Only Wish!
    • Sep 1, 2021

    TREES, PLEASE! One Can Only Wish!

    By Tim Clancy for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. Tree Adoption Process Thank you for your interest in adopting a rescue tree from the...
    TREES, PLEASE! The Silk Oak
    • Jul 1, 2021

    TREES, PLEASE! The Silk Oak

    By Tim Clancy. One of my favorite trees these days is the silk oak, Grevillea robusta. I was fascinated by its flowers when I first saw...
    TREES, PLEASE! Aesop And His Tree Fables
    • May 1, 2021

    TREES, PLEASE! Aesop And His Tree Fables

    By Tim Clancy. I am sure most of you are familiar with the great storyteller Aesop and his fables. The most famous one being the The Hare...
    TREES, PLEASE! One Person’s Trash Is Another’s Treasure.
    • Mar 1, 2021

    TREES, PLEASE! One Person’s Trash Is Another’s Treasure.

    Not long ago I received a call from an HOA resident who was distressed that the HOA board had decided to remove some trees. Well, they reall
    FROM THE ARCHIVES: Trees, Please! - Premature Obituary
    • Jan 1, 2021

    FROM THE ARCHIVES: Trees, Please! - Premature Obituary

    On June 2nd, 1898 American humorist Mark Twain was quoted as follows: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” If trees could talk the
    TREES, PLEASE: The Gall of Some Trees!
    • Nov 1, 2020

    TREES, PLEASE: The Gall of Some Trees!

    One of the best things about working with and studying trees is the availability of subjects. If you’re a doctor you wait for patients to
    TREES, PLEASE: Don’t try this at Home!
    • Sep 1, 2020

    TREES, PLEASE: Don’t try this at Home!

    A good friend of mine owns a nursery in San Diego named South Coast Wholesale. One of his business ventures involves moving big trees. Somet
    TREES, PLEASE! A Little Slice of "hisTree"
    • Jul 1, 2020

    TREES, PLEASE! A Little Slice of "hisTree"

    And now for something completely different. So, for whatever reason you can't venture out and admire trees. Yet you need to get your tree fi
    TREES, PLEASE! Dead as a Doornail
    • Mar 1, 2020

    TREES, PLEASE! Dead as a Doornail

    In the world of Urban Forestry one of the concepts we consider is the safe useful life expectancy (SULE) of a tree. There are many component
    TREES, PLEASE: My Tree, iTree.
    • Jan 1, 2020

    TREES, PLEASE: My Tree, iTree.

    Trees add to our enjoyment of our daily living. Providing habitat for local fauna, screening from annoying situations, they are harvested fo
    TREES, PLEASE: Tree Ordinances. Love them or leave them?
    • Sep 1, 2019

    TREES, PLEASE: Tree Ordinances. Love them or leave them?

    By Tim Clancy. Sometimes government agencies get it right. In other cases, government regulations seem arbitrary, over-reaching and...
    TREES, PLEASE: Pruning Perils: Trees Have a Mind of Their Own
    • Jul 1, 2019

    TREES, PLEASE: Pruning Perils: Trees Have a Mind of Their Own

    By Tim Clancy. Sometimes it almost seems as if trees have a mind of their own. This is especially true when it comes to pruning and...
    TREES, PLEASE: Consult the Manual!
    • May 1, 2019

    TREES, PLEASE: Consult the Manual!

    By Tim Clancy. In the time before the internet, when you needed information, often you would begin by consulting your collection of...
    TREES, PLEASE: Should I park under that tree?
    • Mar 1, 2019

    TREES, PLEASE: Should I park under that tree?

    By Tim Clancy. The disease triangle is often used to illustrate the elements necessary for a pathogen to be successful. The three...
    TREES, PLEASE: Queen Palms, Part II: Pests and Diseases
    • May 1, 2017

    TREES, PLEASE: Queen Palms, Part II: Pests and Diseases

    A mystery affliction causes queen palms’ otherwise healthy fronds to collapse. By Tim Clancy. In a recent article, we discussed the...
    TREES, PLEASE: Queen Palms, Part1: Growth Habit, Fertilizer, and Pruning
    • Mar 1, 2017

    TREES, PLEASE: Queen Palms, Part1: Growth Habit, Fertilizer, and Pruning

    By Tim Clancy. Queen palms (Syagrus romanzoffianum) are popular ornamental “trees.” They are planted so frequently that some in the...
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