These tree tips, specific for the months of March and April, come courtesy of Collier Arbor Care, a Friends of Trees sponsor:

• Evaluate trees and prune, removing dead wood and maintaining structure
• Treat early blooming flowering and fruit trees, like peaches, plums, and cherries for disease problems
• Treat for leaf blight diseases on dogwood, sycamore and flowering trees
• Treat diseases on fruit trees like apple scab, brown rot and blossom blight on cherry trees
• Check trees for leaf-feeding caterpillars and treat if needed