Managing Trees over Time: Plant Health Care Report

A Technical Report from The Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories

Landscape trees and their site must be managed dynamically over time to meet the owner’s expectations, optimize growth conditions, and maximize the tree’s life span. A tree’s growth and development from youth to maturity to eventual decline and death is strongly tied to its genetics and environmental growing conditions. Establishing a strong structure in its youth and delaying its transition from maturity to decline requires a proactive management plan based on the individual tree, species’ traits, site conditions, and owner’s goals.