Regular maintenance and care of trees is an investment that can increase the value of your property for years to come. Healthy trees beautify the landscape, provide shade, purify the air, and protect from winds. An effective preventative care program through regular inspections and follow-up care like fertilizing, pruning, and mulching can help detect and address problems before significant damage occurs. Inspecting trees at least once a year can reduce diseases, environmental issues, and insect problems by examining twig growth, new leaves/buds, crown dieback, and leaf size to monitor any changes in the tree's health.

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Importance of Caring for Your Trees
You should think of your trees as being an
investment in your property. Healthy trees
will increase in value as they age. Not only
will they increase the value of your home,
but they will beautify your surroundings,
save you energy by providing you with
shade during the warm summer months,
purify the air and protect you from the
harsh winds in the winter.
By providing your landscaping with a
preventative care program, you are
essentially putting money back in the bank.
Regular maintenance is designed to
promote the health of your plants and
restore their vigor, thus, ensuring their
value is only going to continue growing.
Preventing problems will end up costing you a lot less money and time than
what it will to try and correct one that has already developed.
Effective maintenance programs, such as regular inspections and all of the
necessary follow-up care such as fertilizing, pruning and mulching, can help
to detect any problems and correct them before they have the chance to
damage the tree. When you consider that there are a number of different
tree species that can live upwards of 200-300 years, you want to do
everything you can to protect your landscaping. The investment is going to
provide you with value and enjoyment for years to come.
Inspecting the tree is an important tool to bringing attention to any changes
in the health of the tree before the issue becomes too severe. By having a
regular inspection of any mature trees at least once per year, you can help
to reduce or prevent any severe future diseases, environmental issues and
inset problems. During the inspection, make sure to have the four
characteristics of vigor examined: twig growth, new leaves or new leaf buds,
absence of any crown dieback and leaf size.

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If you notice there aren’t as many new shoots, you can safely assume that
the health of the tree has changed recently. To help evaluate this factor, you
need to compare the growth of any shoots for the past three years. Try to
determine if there is a reduction in the growth pattern of the tree.
Other signs to look for that indicate poor health are crown dieback, trunk
decay or both. These symptoms are often indicative of a problem that began
a few years ago. Deformed growths and loose bark are other signs that
there is decay in the tree.
If there are any abnormalities found at one of your inspections, you want to
monitor them closely. Dead leaves, spots, deformities, discolored leaves and
dead twigs are all things that you need to pay attention to and make sure
the problem doesn’t continue to get worse as the days go by.