Posts Categorized: Emerald Ash Borer

Emerald Tree Care, LLC spent the past week in Cedarburg, Wisconsin treating the city’s ash trees for Emerald Ash Borer. The city contract is for just under 1400 trees and this doesn’t count many individual residents of Cedarburg who have contracts with ETC, LLC to have their trees treated as well. All of these trees were soil… Read more »

One of my customers this last year had an ash tree they wanted to save from the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer right next to their prized fish pond. The ash tree is on the right side of the top picture and is also shown below, right behind the deck and right next to the pond…. Read more »

The City of Cedarburg, WI posted on their city website that on Thursday, January 30th, Kevin Westphal (City Forester) and his crews discovered the long evasive Emerald Ash Borer. It was discovered in a woodlot owned by the city and known as Westlawn Woods on Lincoln Blvd. Emerald Tree Care LLC, led by Board Certified… Read more »

I am frequently asked this question by homeowners concerned that an infested tree next door will somehow doom their ash tree even if they treat for Emerald Ash Borer. I thought it important to not only explain why this is not true but also show some pictures that speak for themselves.   In this first… Read more »

While it is true that the larger ash trees are more challenging, it is NOT true that they cannot be saved. We have written about and photographed the following tree several times over the years that we have been treating it. It is the largest single stem ash tree under my care at just over… Read more »