🌸 Spring Tree Care Starts Now: What to Do Before Your Landscape Fully Blooms

🌸 Spring Tree Care Starts Now: What to Do Before Your Landscape Fully Blooms

As the snow melts and temperatures rise across the Columbia Valley and East Kootenays, your trees are waking up.

And here’s the truth most homeowners miss:

What you do right now—before full leaf-out—has a major impact on the health, safety, and appearance of your trees for the entire season.

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Black Knot Fungus: Why Dormant-Season Pruning Matters

Black Knot Fungus: Why Dormant-Season Pruning Matters

Black knot fungus is a common and serious disease affecting cherry and plum trees (Prunus species) throughout British Columbia. Caused by Apiosporina morbosa, it appears as hard, black, swollen growths on branches that restrict sap flow, weaken structure, and lead to progressive dieback if left untreated.

In our region, cool and wet spring conditions create ideal circumstances for the disease to spread—making early intervention and correct timing essential.

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