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I've seen Norway's in worse condition than this that were "save-able". Glad you did the surgery, can you post photos of the results? Other than that large root that chad556 pointed out, the rest appeared to be spoked out fairly well. I had to do some root surgery on a much younger Red Maple last...

Chances are you won't dig up enough roots to cause long-term harm to the Cherry tree, but there is a better (no pulling grass necessary) way of removing grass from around your Cherry - use a weed whacker to scalp the grass then cover up the scalped area with cardboard and throw some mulch over...

How long has that Maple been in the ground? It's often not necessary to stake a Maple after they have been planted for a year as they grow roots quite quickly. The winds will stimulate strong root growth as that Maple sways in the winds. The bend will straighten naturally as the trunk becomes...

No soil necessary - an established lawn will grow into mulch beds and gardens unless root barriers are used. Root barriers around a mulch bed used for trees is not a good idea for a number of reasons. Kentucky Blue grass and creeping red fescue spread via rhizomes (which is why bluegrass is...

The Hybrid Maple varieties (such as Autumn Blaze - Red/Silver Maple Hybrid) will not produce seed pods and they enjoy as long of a life span as many other Maple species out there. Autumn Blaze Maples grow quickly and have the branch strength of a Red Maple yet the fast growth characteristics of...

Most of the 20+ trees on my 2-acre lot have mulch beds surrounding them, none were planted too deep as to cause girdling root issues at the base of the trunk. All of my trees were planted above grade by at least a few inches. However, I have since allowed my turf to grow right up around the...

These branches were low on the trunk, 6-12" off the base of the trunk, almost like sucker growth but branching out from the base of the trunks rather than from the ground where the trunk tapers to root flare. I don't mind the somewhat higher branches drooping, but those bottom-most branches are...

Yeah, it's a fairly sizable tree, about 25' tall. It's a Clump River Birch, has 3 main trunks, with the center trunk at about 5" in diameter. Just looking to trim off low-hanging branches near the bottom of the tree that droop onto the ground, maybe 9 or 10 branches total, I'd say more like 5%...

So after searching the web, it seems that the consensus is to prune a River Birch in late Spring/early Summer after the buds have popped and the leaves are in full bloom. Well, my River Birch is at that point currently, leaves are fully bloomed though it's constantly growing throughout the...

Anthracnose was also something I suspected. I have never used any herbicides anywhere on my 2 acre lot. However, you bring up a good point - there IS a farm field near that Swamp White Oak (about 10-15' away), the farmer plants it annually (he rotates corn/soybeans) and I've seen him use some...

Here's a photo of one of my more "healthy" Swamp White Oaks, it has grown up over 20' and doesn't have any shriveled or brown-looking foliage, it's planted about 30' away from the Eastern-most Swamp White Oak photographed in my previous post.

In 2008 I bought three 12' Swamp White Oaks from a Nursery and planted them late in the Spring. The Swamp White Oak on the Eastern-most side of my property always has shriveled-up foliage by late Spring, seems like it's first flush of Spring growth is attacked by something, I have no idea of the...

I've found Autumn Blaze Maples (silver/red hybrids) to be temperamental their first few years in the ground. I planted some Autumn Blazes a few years ago and the first year they put on a lot of growth, but both had some sort of leaf spot disease by late in the Summer, the foliage was real...

I put in Hybrid Poplars 3 years ago about 30' away from my newly built house (finished the build in February '08), they are all about 20' tall now with 4-5" diameter trunks, incredible how fast they grow. All of them were planted when they were 12" tall seedlings during the Spring of '08...

Just looking at those photos made my leg throb. Glad you're on the road to recovery.

I'm not sure if Swamp White Oaks grow in SC, but it's normal for those to have peeling bark. Perhaps some other Oaks out there share this same behavior, don't know for certain. Photos are definitely worth 1,000 words.

If you can get rid of the plastic without taking any heat from the landlord, go for it. Remove as much as you can and replace with mulch.

8 ft. is too close for an Oak. Forget roots and foundation problems, that tree will be a hazard for the home once it gets large enough. Most Oaks spread 20-30 ft. minimum. I'd move it real early next Spring before the tree breaks dormancy, keep it at least 20 ft. from your foundation.

My blaze Maples have dropped most of their leaves, and that's in zone 6. I'm assuming you're in zone 5, so the leaf drop is probably on schedule in your case. My River Birch still has most of its foliage, though over the last day or two some leaves have turned yellow and are dropping, I would...

All my Swamp White Oaks produced numerous acorns this year, last year the crop was good too - planted 7 of them and all 7 came up during the Spring and Summer. I planted a few more nice plump acorns this year also, it's great to be able to propagate these Oaks so easily. In 20 years I might have...