Tips & Tricks

Fall Festival & Plant Sale Oct 12th & 13th at ArborFest

Posted by on Oct 9, 2013 in Shade Tree Farm, Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Fall Festival & Plant Sale Oct 12th & 13th at ArborFest

We’ll be Moving Trees again at Fall Festival and Plant Sale at Arborfest Oct 12th & 3th. Join Us!

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Fall is the Best Time for Planting

Posted by on Oct 8, 2013 in Shade Tree Farm, Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Fall is the Best Time for Planting

It is inevitable that when one thinks of spring, one thinks of planting. However, garden enthusiasts, landscape professionals, and horticulture organizations, such as the Virginia Green Industry Council, know that fall is quite often the best time to plant.

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Shade Tree Farm on Television Home and Garden Show with Dr. John

Posted by on Sep 25, 2013 in Shade Tree Farm, Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Shade Tree Farm on Television Home and Garden Show with Dr. John

Phillip Klene, Cecilia Palmer, and Erica Klene discuss the best methods for transplanting large, fully-grown specimens trees with Dr. John. Watch this thirty minute video where you can learn about tips and tricks for successfully transplanting large trees.

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Tree Spades at Work – Instant Spruce Forest

Posted by on Jul 10, 2013 in Shade Tree Farm, Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Tree Spades at Work – Instant Spruce Forest

Tree Spade at Work - Here is a slide show of three specimen spruce trees being planted with a truck mounted spade tree truck.

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Cicada Damage? Here’s What to Do Next

Posted by on Jun 26, 2013 in Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Cicada Damage? Here’s What to Do Next

The seventeen year mating cycle of the Cicada’s is almost done. Although it was very noisy, if you wrapped your trees you probably haven’t experienced much damage. However, if you didn't wrap your trees. Here are four things you can do to help your affected trees recover from cicada damage.

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Trees We Love – Japanese stewartia

Posted by on Jun 24, 2013 in Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Trees We Love – Japanese stewartia

Stewartia pseudocamellia The Japanese stewartia is a small to medium sized, flowering, deciduous tree. A full season performer with flowers in summer and brilliant fall color. The Japanese stewartia works well as a patio tree, canopy tree or street tree. Planted 15′ apart, on either side of a walkway, the Japanese stewartia creates a full-season covered walkway. The Japanese stewartia also works well in large container plantings.

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Tree Care Instructions

Posted by on Jun 24, 2013 in Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Tree Care Instructions

Tree Care Instructions for Your New Specimen Tree Our planting method, utilizing a tree spade, ensures a higher level of success than conventional ball and burlap or bare root planting. Watering, especially during the first year, is the most important factor in tree care and successfully establishing your new landscape. Following these simple tips will guarantee success. Tree Care Watering Tips The most important factor in taking care of  your new tree is water. Too much water, too little water, or not watering deeply enough are all problems...

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Tree Spades at Work – Big John Tree Move

Posted by on Jun 10, 2013 in Shade Tree Farm, Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Tree Spades at Work – Big John Tree Move

Here is the sequence of images of properly positioning a tree spade and digging a tree.

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Tree Spades at Work – Moving a Tree from our Tree Nursery

Posted by on May 10, 2013 in Shade Tree Farm, Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Tree Spades at Work – Moving a Tree from our Tree Nursery

Here we show images of our tree spade planting a tree at a home using one of the specimen trees grown in our nursery.

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Tips for Controlling Cicada Damage to Trees

Posted by on Apr 27, 2013 in Shade Tree Farm, Tips and Tricks | 0 comments

Tips for Controlling Cicada Damage to Trees

Every 13 or 17 years cicadas come out to mate. In Virginia, cicadas can damage small twigs and branches. Here is how to prevent cicada damage to your trees.

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