Q: We have two large Indian laurel trees that were planted about a year ago. When the temperature dropped to the 20s, the leaves turned black and shriveled; now all the limbs appear to be dead. Is ...

Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

It's hard to believe that such a delightfully robust and luxuriant tree like the Indian laurel, Ficus microcarpa nitida, can be so problematic. It looks so perfect, with lustrous evergreen foliage, ...