CALL US: 703-869-5639
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Our Comprehensive Tree Care and Landscaping Services
Our Services
Tree Removal
Tree Trimming and Pruning
Stump Grinding and Removal
Tree Health Assessment and Diagnosis
Emergency Tree Services
Tree Planting and Transplanting
Tree Cabling and Bracing
Land Clearing and Brush Removal
Mulching and Soil Amendment
Lawn Care and Maintenance
Landscape Design and Installation
Hardscaping (Patios, Walkways, Retaining Walls)
Seasonal Cleanups
Storm Damage Cleanup
Tree Diseases
Oak anthracnose is caused by a fungal pathogen, Apiognomonia quercina, and it typically is a cool, wet weather, springtime disease. In wet cool summers like the one we’re experiencing this year, however, the symptoms can continue through the season. Most oak species will show a range of symptoms scattered through the leaf canopy. Symptoms range from small brown spots and irregular dead areas on distorted leaves to severe blight that kills twigs and causes leaf shriveling. This disease in oaks typically doesn’t cause much leaf drop.
Bacterial leaf scorch (Xylella fastidiosa) is a disease of shade trees in Maryland. It affects a large number of shade trees including elm, catalpa, hackberry, ginkgo, oak, sycamore, maple, mulberry, and sweetgum in the landscape. Depending on the severity, this disease can cause tree death.
The pathogen is a bacterium that grows inside the plant’s vascular tissue where it blocks water movement from the roots.
Oak anthracnose symptoms. Photo: Joseph OBrien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Bacterial leaf scorch symptoms on pin oak. Photo: John Hartman, University of Kentucky, Bugwood.org
“Jorge and his crew do an excellent job on tree removal including cleanup. He is very courteous, fair and does exactly what he says he will do. I have had the pleasure of working with him on several occasions and his follow up and timeliness are greatly appreciated. I highly recommend his company if you need tree and yard work.”
Jeffrey Levine