09/27/2024
SAVE OUR BEECH
While we love creating and building timeless outdoor spaces, we also enjoy maintaining them. Our sister company, Peters – Todd’s Inc, has taken on a new fight to save our Beech trees from BLD. Beech Leaf Disease is a serious threat to all Genus of Beech including all its cultivars. BLD is caused by foliar nematodes (Microscopic Worms) that winter over in the leaf buds killing the buds and or damaging the leaves. They quickly spread through rain, wind, birds, animals, and insects. The trees are then forced to shed damaged leaves to produce a second set of leaves using the stored reserve energy depleting the needed energy for the next spring leaf emergence. Continued defoliation and use of this reserved energies over a period of several years will result in tree death.
As of today, there are only a handful of companies in the state offering treatment programs to help save this timeless native tree and we’re proud to be one of them. As our arborists continue to research and work with our vendors, we are confident our approach will help slow and eradicate the spread of this disease preserving this native tree in our landscape for years to come.