The skies cleared, the sun shone, the rain stopped and the wind dropped for just long enough in March and early April to give our street trees the perfect start to spring. Every drop of rain, every ray of sunshine, every extra minute of daylight, every degree of warmth nourishes and powers those little leaf and flower buds. The annual blossom spectacle began, as always, in late February with the ever-reliable cherry plums (Prunus cerasifera) , followed closely by the magnolia

This year's hot and dry spring and summer have put our street trees under enormous stress and we're now seeing their response: a 'false...

It's the first day of August, and the heavy rains of the past few weeks have finally broken the long heatwave. For some of our young...

The skies are blue and the sun is shining, but it’s been a harsh spring and summer for our street trees. As we write, the Met Office is...