Years ago, the tree of heaven, native to China, was popular in urban landscapes because it was a fast-grower and thrived in almost any soil. Well, then we learned that it thrived a bit too much. It sends out a chemical through its roots that harms and kills plants that want to live around it. If you cut it down, it voraciously sends up new shoots underground. Now, we don't want to use chemicals on the landscape if there is another way, but, the tree of heaven is very invas

I’ve learned a few tricks so far, but the one I’ll share this time is my newly developed, yet-to-be-tested method of cutting the branches in

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