Champion Tree & Plant Health Care Blog

If your landscaper uses neonics, they’re not protecting your yard—they’re poisoning it.

Learn how to create an all-season blooming garden with bulbs, featuring planting tips and a bloom schedule for year-round color.

Learn about our favorite top 5 hardy, low-maintenance shrubs perfect for a beautiful, pest-resistant garden on Philadelphia's Main Line!

Discover our eco-friendly deer repellent service! Keep deer out of your yard and protect your plants with a minty fresh, long-lasting, and family-safe solution.

From roots invading gardens to branches blocking sunlight, tree disputes can get messy. In this post, we’ll explore common conflicts and show how tree risk assessments can help resolve them.

In our suburban environment, there are often stressors and nutrient deficiencies that threaten the vitality of important trees and shrubs on your property. By taking a proactive approach, you can avoid costly and time-consuming tree repairs, removals and replacements.

Kick Cancer-Causing Chemicals Aside and Choose Safe and Effective Organic Flea & Tick Control for your Home. 

The method matters. Take a moment to read about our progressive approach to plant healthcare - you'll be glad that you did.

What's on your check list for the perfect poolside perennial? We'll tell you what's on ours!

Fall planting season is in full swing. Please choose pest- and climate- resistant alternatives to Schip Laurels and Cherry Laurels.

On September 19, 2023, Pennsylvania's state champion White Oak fell over. The tree, which Alex and I had the pleasure to visit last fall, stood front and center at the London Grove Friends Kindergarten in Kennett Square and was beloved by many.

Beech Leaf Disease is a serious treat to several different types of Beech trees commonly found on the Main Line. Affected trees can die in 2-7 years. Champion Tree now offers new treatments that show early promise in controlling BLD.

One of the questions I get asked the most from customers is how much water their landscape needs. It’s a surprisingly challenging question without a straightforward answer.

With spring upon us (the most glorious of all seasons!) there are several gift-giving occasions on the horizon: Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays and graduations. Whether for a friend or loved, a big or small celebration, or a reason to simply say “I’m thinking of you,” there is something for everyone in the links within!

Hoping to beat the winter doldrums? Several wonderful varieties of roses are still in stock and perusing their photos will certainly remind you that Spring is right around the corner (despite this morning’s snow flurries)!