Updated for 2026! Chicagoland summers keep trending hotter, and this year is no exception. Long stretches of 90-degree days are putting extra stress on lawns, landscaping, and energy bills across Naperville, Barrington, Hinsdale, and the rest of the northwest suburbs.… Read More »Best Summer Shade Trees for Landscaping a Chicagoland Yard
The beginning of the summer is a great time in the Chicago area. The warm weather is back, and the trees are in full bloom for the growing season. However, the return of warm weather and freshly grown foliage also… Read More »Tent Caterpillars: Identification and Control
We have returned this week with our series on the common tree diseases and insect pests in Illinois to investigate a set of tree diseases that can attack the leaves, branches, and fruit of many different types of trees: tree… Read More »Tree Blight: Identification, Symptoms, and Control
We have returned again this month with a new installment of our serious of the native trees of the Chicago area with a closer look at magnolia trees. Magnolia trees (Magnolia sp.) are flowering trees and plants that are believed… Read More »Magnolia Trees of the Chicago, IL Area
Our series on the native trees of the Chicago area is back this month with a closer look at the eastern redbud tree. Eastern redbud trees (Cercis canadensis) are small trees mostly found in the eastern half of the United… Read More »Eastern Redbud Trees in the Chicago Area
We are back with our series on the common tree diseases and insect pests in Illinois with a closer look at a dangerous fungal disease, verticillium wilt. Verticillium wilt is known to affect more than 350 species of flowering plants… Read More »Verticillium Wilt: Identification, Symptoms, and Control
Just about every living thing on Earth from animals to plants needs water to survive. When it comes to plants, the water they receive typically comes from rain and humidity. However, mother nature does not always provide enough water for… Read More »Tips to Effectively Water Your Trees
Today we continue with our series on the common tree diseases and insect pests in the Chicago area to discuss an invasive pest, the Japanese beetle. Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) are native to Japan but considered an invasive species in… Read More »Japanese Beetles: Identification, Control, and Prevention
This summer in the Chicago area is going to be different than previous summers. Sure, Illinois is in Phase 4 of the re-opening plan, but the threat of COVID-19 is not gone. This will likely motivate people to continue to… Read More »How to Make my Chicagoland Backyard a Staycation Oasis
We return this week with our series on the common tree diseases and insect pests in the Chicago area with a closer look at a pest responsible for widespread defoliation, the gypsy moth. The gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar), also… Read More »Gypsy Moth: Identification and Prevention
You may have noticed that a terrifying insect has been trending and showing up in headlines lately, referred to as the murder hornet. The Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), also known as the Japanese giant hornet and murder hornet, is… Read More »Murder Hornets: What & Where Are They and What Effect will They Have in Illinois?
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