Last week I talked about winter desiccation injury on evergreen trees and shrubs. Another type of winter injury is sunscald or southwest injury on the trunks of deciduous trees. Sunscald occurs when ...

Scorching temperatures occur every summer in Texas and can cause ugly scars on young smooth tree trunks. Sunscald is a physiological disorder that occurs on the lower part of the trunk on the ...

After a winter characterized by unseasonably warm temperatures and persistent dry winds, homeowners across the Bighorn Basin ...

I have received two phone calls in the last month asking about damage to bark on trees planted within the last two years. Both situations have similar characteristics, so I thought this might be a ...

Young trees and species with thin bark are especially vulnerable to sunscald. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey ...

As we head into the winter months, and before we snuggle in for the winter, let's take one last look at our young trees and wrap them up, too. Sunscald, also known as sunburn or frost canker, is a ...

Many young, smooth, thin-barked trees such as honey locusts, fruit trees, ashes, oaks, maples, lindens and willows are susceptible to sunscald and bark cracks. Sunscald normally develops on the south ...

Shade the bark Prevent sunscald on young, thin-barked trees such as maples, honeylocust, ornamental cherries and plums and fruit trees. Sunscald, or southwest disease, occurs on warm sunny days in ...

Trees, shrubs and vines may need a little help getting ready for winter's frigid temperatures, but not too much. Don't prune, don't fertilize, don't water. Any of those three could awaken parts of the ...