I am a lover of trees!
I always feel sad when a tree has to be cut down. Tomorrow the big Ficus in our back yard will be history. Every year it seemed to lose more and more leaves, but it always recovered somewhat in the spring. But this year so many fell (it looked like it was constantly raining down leaves out there all summer) so we called the tree doctor yesterday. As soon as he walked into the back yard, the first thing he said was, “Oh, your Ficus . . . it has white fly.”
We have noticed this year other Ficus in our area were rapidly losing their leaves and showing completely bare branches and wondered what was going on with them. He said white fly comes back for generations, getting worse and worse until it finally weakens the tree so much it just can’t recover. Small trees are sometimes treatable, but large trees like ours cannot be fixed. So the tree doctor, who also does tree removal, is coming tomorrow to take it down.
Our tree had big beautiful roots above the ground snaking out everywhere. It was home and resting place for birds and squirrels galore, and provided nice morning shade in parts of the yard, especially for my morning haunt--the big green bench. But we still have our two big old oak trees back there and they are doing fine.
With the removal of the tree, we are thinking and planning on revamping some of the back yard. Pete wants to get another shed, and we’re probably going to move some of the raised succulent beds to another spot. It will be our big outdoor project in the next year.
We have noticed this year other Ficus in our area were rapidly losing their leaves and showing completely bare branches and wondered what was going on with them. He said white fly comes back for generations, getting worse and worse until it finally weakens the tree so much it just can’t recover. Small trees are sometimes treatable, but large trees like ours cannot be fixed. So the tree doctor, who also does tree removal, is coming tomorrow to take it down.
Our tree had big beautiful roots above the ground snaking out everywhere. It was home and resting place for birds and squirrels galore, and provided nice morning shade in parts of the yard, especially for my morning haunt--the big green bench. But we still have our two big old oak trees back there and they are doing fine.
With the removal of the tree, we are thinking and planning on revamping some of the back yard. Pete wants to get another shed, and we’re probably going to move some of the raised succulent beds to another spot. It will be our big outdoor project in the next year.