Spring 2022
SPRING 2022 articles from Timely Tree Tips.
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The Philadelphia Contributionship Garden
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65 years… and looking ahead
As we enter 2022, I reflect on our company which my father, John B. Ward, started in 1957. Times change and things evolve, but the basic principles on which he founded the business remain steadfast. Treat clients honestly. Always do the best work possible. Treat co-workers with respect and understanding. Sixty-five years later, those simple rules still hold true.
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Plant Health Care 2022
White Prunicola Scale, Spotted Lanternfly, Emerald Ash Borer
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The Benefits of Mulch
Mulch instantly gives a finished, beautiful appearance to your landscape. However, quality mulch provides trees and plants many benefits beyond aesthetics.
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Yellowwood in Bryn Mawr
About five years ago we were asked to work on a yellowwood tree growing close to a patio in Bryn Mawr.
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Hypoxylon Canker
Hypoxylon canker is a disease that appears as a dead lesion on limbs, branches, and trunks of affected trees.
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Callery Pear
I remember the Bradford Callery pear trees along South Street in Philadelphia. Planted in the 1960s, they created an allée of dark-trunked, white-flowered magic in May. They have all been removed. Today, many nurseries no longer distribute the tree and some states have banned the planting of this aggressive, invasive, non-native species.