NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- One of the most common trees found across northern Michigan is at high risk for disease from now until mid-July. We look at why red oaks are more prone to disease now ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

During the period between April 15 and July 15, beetles actively carry spores of fungus from tree to tree, meaning oak trees are at high risk for infection with oak wilt. Oak trees with wounds in ...

Consider oaks — especially the northern red oak — Minnesota’s second act for leaf-peeping. After sumac and maples retire their fiery reds, oaks add scarlet, maroon and mahogany to the landscape.