In a forest, trees feed themselves off the humus of the forest floor. In a yard — planted in our compacted, alkaline, limestone-heavy soil, competing with turf, and stressed by heat and drought — that natural feeding isn't there. Fertilizing puts it back.
We apply a slow-release granular fertilizer to your trees and shrubs in the spring, formulated for the nutrients our high-pH soils tend to lock away. It releases over roughly three to four months, feeding plants through the part of the season when they're growing most — and a well-fed tree or shrub is far more resistant to the insects and disease that pick off stressed plants.
It's one of the simplest, highest-return things you can do for the long-lived plants in your landscape.