Q. I recently moved to Redding and everywhere I go I see tree trunks that look like they’ve been painted white. I even saw some that were painted a light blue. Can you tell me why folks do this?

Image caption, The tree before and after it was cut back, and the Banksy mural before it was apparently daubed with white paint They added: "This is a really powerful piece, which highlights the ...

Standing alone beside a roundabout on Clifton Downs, there is an unnaturally white tree ... Even though the tree itself may have been replaced twice, the custom of painting it annually has ...

Passing under the shade of trees on a hot sunny day, you might have sometimes wondered why the base of these trees are painted in white and red. So, the answer to your query is that the paint ...