Managing trees over time: Plant health care report

Landscape trees and their site must be managed dynamically over time to meet the owner’s expectations, optimize growth conditions, and maximize the tree’s life span. A tree’s growth and development from youth to maturity to eventual decline and death is strongly tied to its genetics and environmental growing conditions. Establishing a strong structure in its youth and delaying its transition from maturity to decline requires a proactive management plan based on the individual tree, species’ traits, site conditions, and owner’s goals.