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 ...

Got young trees growing in your garden and live in a cold climate? Protecting your saplings from winter sunscald is essential ...

The trunk of this newly planted red maple has been wrapped to prevent sunscald. Scorching temperatures occur every summer in Texas and can cause ugly scars on young smooth tree trunks. Sunscald is a ...

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 ...

Dear Neil: I planted 21 trees two years ago, and they appear to have sunscald. What can I do about this? A: Sunscald in trees is almost exactly like sunburn in humans. It's far better to prevent it ...

I always look forward to spring when the trees and flowers start to bud out. I love all the color and light spring brings. So when I see dead or failing trees, I am always sad especially when they are ...

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 ...

Hot 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 southwest side ...

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 ...

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 ...

Having a fruit tree in your yard is the gift that keeps on giving. Every year, you can enjoy its edible bounty — it always seems to taste a little bit sweeter than grocery store produce. Growing fruit ...