Aaron Goode, Jean Webb, Marty Lendroth take on the jungle in the Heights. It’s technically Ailanthus Altissima, or colloquially Tree of Heaven, but in Fair Haven Heights’ Fairmont Park it’s more often ...

By now, most gardeners and homeowners in central Ohio are familiar with the spotted lanternfly, as the invasive pest has been present for more than two years. Populations of this pest have ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Despite the sublime name, tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima, is a particularly bad actor when it comes to trees encountered in the Midwest. This native of Asia was ...

“Tree-of-heaven can sprout and grow almost anywhere, including cracks in streets and sidewalks or building foundations, resulting in infrastructure damage and increased costs of maintenance.” In ...

It also tends to produce many root suckers (which are also allopathic). The tree of heaven has very large (3 feet long) compound leaves with smooth-edged leaflets, giving it an exotic appearance.

Tree-of-heaven is fast-growing, reaching up to 80 feet in the sky, adorned with compound leaves with 10 to 27 pointed leaflets. Underground, its robust root system can extend as far as 50 feet.