To avoid danger to yourself and damage to the tree, plan carefully before you cut. “Wood is heavy,” said Spencer Campbell, manager of the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

Christy Rollinson is the arboretum forest ... to see at the Morton Arboretum this spring. In April to mid-May, woodland wildflowers and the majority of flowering shrubs, as well as crabapple, cherry, ...

MORTON, Ill ... brown mulch used throughout the Arboretum’s gardens is made from partially decayed leaves. Rake fallen leaves on flower beds, gardens or trees and shrubs.