Our master gardener knows root suckers are a major pain, and she shares if removing a tree stump can prevent them. Here's ...

For tree stumps left behind in the yard, you may want to leave them to rot. However, that could take several years. Here's ...

Tree stump removal typically costs between $175 and $544, with homeowners around the country paying an average of $356. The cost for tree stump removal is affected by the size and accessibility of the ...

Q. I was alerted to an article you wrote in 2004 about killing off cottonwood and elm tree root shoots or sprouts. I am building a new house in Sarasota, Florida, and had to remove a 50-plus year old ...

Question: We lost a large tabebuia and had the stump ground down. Can we plant in the same spot or will the roots be a problem? Answer: Digging in the old tabebuia spot is going to be tough as ...

Question: I planted a maple tree a few years ago. It’s about 15 feet high now. Recently, I noticed that there are many roots near or above ground level. Is it because it’s not getting enough water? We ...

Several homeowners on the South Shore are feeling "stumped." Within the past nine months, some residents of Annadale, Huguenot and Woodrow have had trees removed from the front of their homes, but ...

A tree stump in New Zealand is very much alive, thanks to an interconnected root system that benefits both the stump and its neighboring trees. Scientists say this unusual symbiotic arrangement could ...

Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto the roots of its neighboring trees, exchanging water and resources through the grafted root system. New research, ...

A LIVING STUMP sounds like something out of a horror movie. In fact, it is not unusual for a tree, deprived of its trunk and foliage by lightning, disease or a lumberjack, but still possessed of roots ...