Bark splitting on a live oak tree. Dear Neil: Several months ago we noticed bark splitting on a mature live oak in our yard. We figured it was the result of last year’s cold like some of the others we ...

Dear Neil: This oak tree is located on our church property. Is the old bark falling off due to its age, or is there a disease? A: Good question. It looks a bit like the radial shake we saw so ...

Q: Our live oak was hurt badly by the extreme cold two years ago this month. Then it had ice on it recently, and now it looks like the trunk, which had lost chunks of bark already, has cracked. Are we ...

DEAR NEIL: What is wrong with my live oak? I hope it’s not a disease, since I have five others in my yard, and I don’t want it to spread. What should I do? Dear Reader: You need to have an ...

DEAR NEIL: We have a red oak in our backyard. Bark started peeling in the fall, but it has become prevalent this spring. There are also tiny holes in the trunk like a woodpecker might cause, but we ...