Flooded landscapes amidst the thaw of snow and rainy days could pose trouble for your trees. “A little rain never hurt anybody. Well a lot could kill you!” Words famously quoted in the blockbuster movie Jumanji. While it’s true rain in general is considered good for the trees and landscape in your yard; too much can actually be hurting your trees and shrubs.
Whether you have standing water in your yard for lengths of time or perhaps you keep the sprinklers on to much in the summer. When you have an abundance of water that is saturating the soil around your trees and shrubs they may be struggling to breathe. Trees don’t respirate like the fine people reading this blog, they need oxygen in the soil for proper osmosis.
Actionable advice to prevent your trees and shrubs from dying back is properly mulching around your them and drainage in your yard to keep up with movement of water.