Village of Bloomingdale

When taking plants home from the grower, consider investing in a grower's nominal delivery fee if plants are too large or unwieldy for your vehicle. Tips on how to handle your new trees and shrubs will help your plants grow.

Mulches are materials placed over the soil surface to maintain moisture and improve soil conditions. Mulching is one of the most beneficial things a home owner can do for the health of a tree. Mulch can reduce water loss from the soil, minimize weed competition, and improve soil structure.

For any and all work by a resident or resident's contractor on a parkway tree, a permit is required by Ordinance No. 95-61, An Ordinance Regulating the Planting, Maintenance and Removal of Trees on Public Areas.

The winter storm that poses the greatest danger to trees and shrubs is a heavy, wet snowfall followed by very cold temperatures and more snow.

Pruning is more than the indiscriminate cutting of limbs and branches. It requires an understanding of the function of the parts of the tree and their impact on overall tree structure.

Evergreens come in an unlimited number of sizes and shapes. If the right evergreen is selected to fit the assigned space, minimum pruning is required. However, if pruning is necessary, the American Conifer Society makes the following recommendations:

The names of trees are quite interesting, especially their botanical names. Each tree has a botanical name made up of two words. The first word of a tree's name is the genus name and the second word is its species name. The genus and species name of a tree identifies each tree like your surname and first name identifies you.