Did you know that trees experience a growth spurt at the beginning of the spring season?  When warm weather begins to replace colder winter temperatures, trees use stored nutrients to make up for their lack of winter growth and grow significantly during a period of a few months.  By the end of the spring, when these stored nutrients are used up, trees begin to make a new supply of nutrients via photosynthesis.

This growth spurt is part of the tree’s yearly cycle, and knowing this cycle can help facilitate proper tree maintenance and care.  It can also help homeowners – and tree care specialists like a certified arborist seattle – better care for the plant life on their property.  Employing a specialist to look after your property is the best way to ensure healthy trees; armed with an expert level of knowledge, a Bellevue tree removal and tree care company like Certified Arborist Tree Care will be able to tune your tree’s care to the seasons and the weather.

Here are the major changes trees undergo during the seasons.

• Spring: Trees experience a growth spurt as warm weather approaches, using up stored nutrients.  New leaves begin to form and plants may blossom.  By the end of spring, these nutrients are used up and plants must rely on photosynthesis to produce energy.
• Summer: Trees continue to produce and use nutrients from the soil and from photosynthesis.  Trees will continue to grow during the summer, and different plants will bloom at different times during the season.  Trees may also start to bear fruit and store nutrients in preparation of the colder months.
• Fall: Plants begin to lose their leaves, and photosynthesis comes to a slow period.  Trees may begin to rely on stored nutrients as they go dormant.
• Winter: The tree’s food-producing capabilities come to a stop and the tree “hibernates” for the winter.  Come spring, it will produce new leaves and begin to use up its food reserves.