An extremely invasive plant, Lesser Celandine, also known as the fig buttercup, spreads rapidly and can overpower native spring ephemerals and take over lawns if not properly controlled. Now is the time to fight back. Look for this invader’s showy, yellow flowers in lawns, perennial beds, wooded habitats, and ravines. Because it tends to grow…

April & May Is The BEST TIME To Control The Nymph and Adult Stages of Tick Development… Ticks transmit illness and disease through the bite of an infected tick to both humans and animals with Lyme Disease becoming the most common. Left untreated, tick populations can increase exponentially as weather warms throughout April and May….

Kinnucan is pleased to announce Mr. Peter Gordon is joining us as Director of Operations/Client Engagement. Many of our clients know Peter as the former Lake Forest City Forester and Supervisor of Parks and Forestry for many years. Peter also served as President of Illinois Arborist Association.   While tree care is Peter’s primary professional…

Apple Scab is a foliar fungal disease that affects all species of the Apple Family, particularly flowering Crabapple trees. As new, tender leaves are emerging, microscopic fungal spores land on them and begin their life cycle. As the fungus matures, it causes unsightly lesions on the leaf. The leaves turn brown and drop off in…

Magnolia Scale is an insect with a protective armored shell. It feeds on the sap of Magnolia trees and as they feed, Scale will excrete a waste known as honeydew. Honeydew will attract insects and parasitic wasps. It will also turn the Magnolia’s leaves black as well as anything under the tree that the honeydew…

  Spring has finally arrived in our area with temperatures in the mid to upper 80’s! With the recent rain, combined with heat and humidity, we are already seeing mosquito and tick populations on the rise. These pests are not just a nuisance to your outdoor activities ~ they can also transmit illnesses from Lyme…

This question is most asked these days in the Northern suburbs of Chicago. Residents’ tree awareness is especially keen these days, it seems, since the area has lost hundreds of thousands of ash trees due to the Emerald Ash Borer. So, what is causing the death of so many oak trees? The answer is complex-a…

CULTURE & COMMUNITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A STEADY CLIMB How One Young, Nature-Loving Lake Forester Took His Summer Job to Stratospheric Heights words by Rochelle Newman Rubinoff portrait photography by Ray Fitzgerald Photography There are so many ways Robert Kinnucan’s story could begin: How a summer job turned into a multi-million dollar business; or how…

Kinnucan Tree Experts has been contracted by the City of Evanston to treat their parkway Elm Trees against the Elm Bark Beetle. Work is progressing nicely and should be completed by end of Summer!