Yard and Garden: Identifying and Handling Tree Root Issues
Trees are an essential part of any landscape, but their roots can create issues. How can surface and shallow roots affect their surroundings? Is construction a problem?
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Yard and Garden: Planting Bare-root Trees
Bare-root plants begin their life growing in a nursery field and are harvested in the fall, when all of the soil is shaken from their roots. Horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach explain the advantages and disadvantages.
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The Tree Underground
Trees are an important part of our environment in Iowa communities in the urban forest and in our 2.5 million acres of natural woodlands. Tree size ranges from a few feet in height and width to more than 100 feet tall and wide for the largest tree in Iowa. Tree tops are visible and appreciated; tree roots are not visible, usually misunderstood and certainly not appreciated very much. The root system of woody plants is essential for their survival and growth. Often, the general decline of woody plants is directly related to the health and vigor of their root systems.
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