Tree Top Times

Things are really starting to heat up and it is easy to think that your sprinkler system is on cruise control.  It is a good idea to perform regular system checks not only to find any potential problems but to also familiarize yourself with how the system operates normally, giving you the opportunity to recognize […]

Because of the very wet spring and a strong summer warm-up, the Front Range is seeing heavier than normal NRS this year. Necrotic Ring Spot (NRS) is a fungus affecting Kentucky bluegrass and annual bluegrass in Colorado. Other diseases can be confused with necrotic ring spot; therefore, an accurate assessment by a trained diagnostician is […]

In the Denver metro area, the higher than normal humidity from the past two months combined with the ample amount of spring growth has resulted in high insect and disease levels. Leaf spot diseases, powdery mildew, fire blight, and cytospora canker have shown up all over town. As the weather conditions turn hot and dry, […]

Below is a great article from the Tree Care Industry Association about “tree topping” – a practice that we don’t recommend! Read on about why: There are a lot of misconceptions about the appropriateness “tree topping,” a very controversial and damaging tree care practice. For the unfamiliar, tree topping is defined as “the removal of main […]

Newly planted trees and shrubs require special attention after planting and through the first two years, especially in our hot and dry climate in Colorado. *A standard irrigation system will not provide adequate water, making supplemental watering essential.* Mountain High Tree Lawn & Landscape  will water in your new trees and shrubs on the day […]

Caring for your lawn in Denver’s hot, arid climate is an ongoing process! Here are some good tips to help keep your lawn as healthy as possible during these hot summer months: Watering: Make sure your sprinklers or irrigation system gives established bluegrass lawns about 1 ½” of precipitation a week. Avoid water waste by […]

Ascochyta symptoms may develop throughout the growing season but are more common during hot, droughty periods that were preceded by cool, rainy conditions. Large irregular patches of turf rapidly turn a straw-color and appear dead. Often times Ascochyta is mistaken for burns or fertilizer striping since it can follow mower tracks – leaving lines of […]

Tree Disease Update: The effects of the hail and heavy thunderstorms that seemed to arrive nearly every day in May will last long into the summer season.  Several diseases that are common in many of our ornamental landscape trees often become prevalent after hail storms.  Small cuts are formed in the twig tissue when hail […]

The moisture we have received during the month of May has caused insects to go active early and in larger numbers than normal: Chinch Bugs: Chinch bug adults and nymphs are already active! Chinch bugs damage grass by piercing the blades with their needle-like mouthparts and sucking plant juices. The adults are about a sixteenth […]

As we move into springtime in the Rockies, it’s exciting to see our landscapes come alive with fresh new leaves and needles. Unfortunately, as is often the case, we are once again coming out of a winter that did not yield much moisture. Although many parts of the mountains had record snowfall, the Denver Metro […]