Covering a tree's roots above ground can limit the tree's access to oxygen and moisture which helps them grow and stay healthy. Avoid cutting, trimming, or removing tree roots because it can make ...

Q: I’m hoping you can help us figure out what to do about these tree roots. We don’t know what kind of tree it is, but our neighbor’s tree is the same and the roots are showing above ground ...

I’ve had some recent interactions with people frustrated by tree roots that surface, causing mowing difficulties and potential ankle-twisting opportunities. What can be done with surface roots?

Compacted soils and hard barriers can cause roots to circle in the planting hole so that the tree is basically containerized in the ground.

The outrage was immediate and intense when news broke this week that a towering old cottonwood tree at Pioneers Golf Course had a date with a chainsaw.

The fallen 60-foot cottonwood tree that straddled the Olentangy bike path in Worthington was a stark reminder that the beautiful canopy of foliage above us will inevitably come falling down. Maybe ...

Working 70 feet in the air, an employee of Evans Tree Service lowers a large branch to the ground with the aid of a 40-ton crane after cutting it off an old cottonwood tree Tuesday morning at 1236 ...

The other day my wife and I walked passed a massive tree and marveled at how its roots were exposed above ground. These roots can still fulfill their function to absorb water, store nutrients ...

Ask a Master Gardener: Don't plant new tree atop recently ground stump It’s not that the old roots have to die before you can plant; it’s that they need to have rotted.

We asked a pro arborist to weigh in on whether people should cover their tree roots above ground, here's what he said.

Tree roots growing at or slightly above the soil surface are called surface roots. Homeowners having trees with these surface roots are frustrated with the additional challenges posed by mowing and ...