Anybody have or know where I can get a free digital copy of the book?

I don’t want to spend $70 on it if I don’t have to

Hello! These pines were planted in my back yard (suburb of cleveland, OH) 8 years ago. They now all have spots with brown pines. I would like to prevent them from dying since this is the main privacy we have in our backyard. We already had to remove 4 completely dead ones in May
'26. Any suggestions on why this happens or anything I can buy (fertilizer, etc) to stop them from dying? Thanks!

This is a recently planted 45 gallon Monterrey Oak (Mexican While Oak) tree that is curved at the top. Should I do anything to straighten it out? Tie a stake to straighten it or cut it next to another branch to create a new leader? Thanks for any advice!

Currently have a row of Taylor junipers that were recommended and planted by a landscaping company years ago. the intention was a privacy hedge. they’re about 15-20ft tall but only 2ft wide max and have about 3ft spaces in between. therefore, no privacy at all. they’re not awful looking, but just getting a bit scraggly looking even with appropriate fertilizing, etc.

wanting to have a do-over and actually get the privacy hedge we intended on. a tree company came out and recommended just cutting them down at the base and leaving the stump and roots underground and planting new evergreen trees that get a little wider in between those stumps (in those 3ft spaces in between the current trees). they said they never pull stumps out and always leave them. the new trees would be planted about 1.5ft from the old stumps.

thoughts on the recommendation to leave the stumps/roots? would we need to get those stumps/roots out for the new trees to be healthy?

Every Fall my Witch Hazel bifurcates its leaf color. One side bright yellow, and the other side orange/red. Do you suppose this was due to a grafting?

Trying again since last one died since I didn’t move it to new pot soon enough and it went on brown

Repot this new one from HD and it’s going brown slightly is that normal? Roots were pretty tight and I was hoping to keep it in pot.

anyone know what caused this hole in my tree In my backyard ? This is red oak (~35 yrs old) in Fort Worth TX and I don’t believe we have woodpeckers (def have not heard them).

Is this still survivable or would I have to cut it down? Leaves looks fine but the bark looks in pretty bad shape

Hi, can anyone id this fungus, it's on goat willow Salix caprea

Hey All, new to the community. Looking for some advice on a snow fountains weeping cheery I planted in May. It is growing well, but I noticed one branch growing very long and doesn’t look like the rest. It is above the graft and growing from another branch above the graft.

Should I leave it? I am on zone 7.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!