Q: We're looking for advice to help our young crabapple tree. Several winter storms and heavy snow weighed down a branch and caused a split down the main trunk. Is there anything that can be done ...

The small tree in your photo shows significant damage that appears to go all around the trunk, so you should plan on replacing that tree. There is nothing you can do to help it survive.

Question for Dan Gill: Recently I had a large Shumard oak tree planted by a local nursery. In the process of planting, they damaged a small section (five inches by six inches) of the bark, about a ...

Can you tell me why the trunk of our weeping mulberry is splitting? It is 14 years old and has been moved twice. We treated it for fungus last summer. We are in zone 7a [on the U.S. Department of A… ...

Q: I have a 'Red Sunset' maple tree that has what looks to be split bark on the south side of the trunk. It is a relatively young tree, and I do not want to lose it.