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Locusts will sprout wherever the root surface is nicked and many new trees can come up that way. If you already have sprouts, you will need to cut and paint or inject the sprouts.

Well, I'm new to THIS party - posted some time back but haven't been keeping up. I'm 64 and try like hell NOT to climb if I don't have to. Still taking down trees, though.

Seems illogical for it to be anything but a sport (a color break) of the surrounding whites.

I've used this cut&paint method on many types of notorious-to-sucker trees (Melaleuca, Schinus terebinthifolius or Florida holly, black locust) and it does work.

Cut 'em at ground level and paint he 'stumps' with 42% Glyphosate (RoundUp or generic). Use a paintbrush or trigger sprayer.

It takes them a long time to grow from "supermarket size" to ceiling height, but after that, they grow pretty quickly (plus or minus 5 years). If you decide to keep one as a houseplant, keeping it rootbound in a small pot will keep it smaller for a longer time.

The reason the ends look like little ladders is to accommodate the rails. The ends of the rails are faced so that that fit one on top of the other and could be pinned into place if rigidity was required.

I don't have any other pictures of that fence. I bought it from a local place that uses 100 year old equipment to make the split rails. The neatest part is that you don't have to sink the posts in the ground as there is a flange with rebar attached to the bottom of the end posts (the end posts...

One on my website (in full bloom): http://www.labouroflovelandscaping.com/perennial_flower_identification/main.php?g2_itemId=1007

I'm particularly fond of Cornus alternifolia, pagoda dogwood. An understory tree, it's zone 3 hardy, pollinators love it, and the birds chow on the fruits.

Viburnum carlesii

I recommended leaving in the hole after root pruning to eliminate the necessity for guying or staking until ready to actually make the move. It also allows the tree to make more smaller feeder roots to enhance transplant viability when moved.

Is his intent for them to become a bearing orchard, or just pretty in the Spring? I would have reservations about such severe pruning followed by transplanting the following year. I'd consider root pruning a year before the actual moving - just use the spade and make the cuts, but leave...

NEWSFLASH, folks The telephone is a tool for MY convenience. As is the answering machine. I much prefer connecting with an answering machine than a person - it's so much faster to leave the necessary information than to chat and make nice with someone - especially when I have other calls to...

I concur that they look really good just the way they are. If you want to take out a few of the less productive stems (less than 20%), do it. If they were mine, I'd leave 'em be.

OK, all you folks who work in the Tropics, I have a question - but it requires a bit of set up. I have a client with large clumps of Areca palms that are encroaching on an area with equally established fruit trees. As you may imagine, the palms are winning. I have used full-strength (42%)...

I was in the water cutting up a log jam a couple of weeks ago (Northern Vermont, up to my backside - not much fun). My 7900 was never submerged, but the base was in the water at about 2" for 30 seconds. I haven't used it since, but will let you know if she cranks when next I need this...

I'm late to the party, but fascinated with the dilemma. Have you considered that (without a judgment in place) the offending landowners may simply decide to sell to avoid litigation? I would investigate some sort of recorded lien on their deed to negate this possibility - especially as the...

Why would folks do something that dumb and then post it on YouTube? So the entire planet can see how dumb they are??

Regular lilac or tree lilac? Common lilac will go to plus or minus 15' and can be pruned to whatever height you wish. Tree lilac (Syrina reticulata) will go to 35' and will actually trunk out at plus or minus 6". Common lilacs have suckering roots and will (with time) make a clump up to 10' wide.