Slime Flux on White Oak

QuestionWilliam, I live in the Atlanta, Ga. area and have a large white oak (about 24- 30 in diameter) in my back yard. About 2 years ago it contracted slime flux and about 2/3s of the circumference has

White fuzzy balls on banana plant/tree

QuestionI think that my indoor banana plant/tree is infected with bugs. There are white fuzzy balls on the tops and sometimes undersides of the leaves. In other parts, there seems to be a small insect like the one

Yellow needles in the fall

QuestionThere is a large pine tree in my yard and every fall all of the needles turn golden yellow all at once. I have watched this for years and every spring it comes back green. Is this a special type of pin

Larvae holes in Old Fig Tree

QuestionWe live in Spain and have a very mature Fig Tree. After the fruit was picked. I have noticed it has an infestation of some kind of larvae, which have made holes in the trunk and branches. Could you please ad

Potted Poodle Evergreens

QuestionWe have two potted evergreen poodles that are showing signs of deterioration. They have areas on the balls where the needles have turned brown and dropped, but only in areas on the ball, not all over.

sick adenium obesum

QuestionI have a small Desert Rose plant that has been on my patio for about 6 months. Recently I have noticed that the tips of the leaves are brown. Almost like they have been burnt. This is just

rust color needles on norway spruce

QuestionI have some sick norway spurce where the needles are turning rust color on the inner branches. These trees range from 5 ft to 7 feet. We had an extremely dry summer and I was not around to water them and I d

Plum Tree - poor new growth

QuestionHi, weve got half a dozen plums that are usually quite vigorous - weve been getting a good crop of fruit every year for about 10 years. This year however they have all been quite late with new growth,

lemon tree pest

QuestionI have a lemon tree that I have grown beginning from a 1 foot tall boxed tree my son gave me from Florida. It is now about 7 feet tall with bright green leaves but it has never produced a flower or a f

Leaves turning black on outdoor schefleras

QuestionVariegated Scheflera is planted in the ground by a inground pool in a sunny spot in Florida. Leaves are turning black. The black can be washed off with soapy water. What causes this and how can I preve

october glory maple

QuestionHi, I have discovered a patch of sawdust like growth on the trunk of my 5 year old maple. Upon brushing it away, I saw that the bark beneath this irregular shaped patch (about 4 inches in circumferenc ) had

calamondin orange trees

QuestionI have two calamondin trees. One developed a cottony appearing fungus, primarily on the fruits which caused the fruit to drop. I looked at it under the microscope and it is a fungus with branchin

Pine Tree fungus... Can you tell me what it is?

QuestionI have a Jack Pine in my yard. It has a black powder that is covering the tree and killing it quickly. Its not the first to fall from this fungus. Nobody can tell me what it is... can you? Maybe a treatmen

Weeping Willows

QuestionI have three mature weeping willows- about 30 years old- and about 1/4 of the branches are dead. I just bought this house and would like to save these trees. The rest of the tree is green with beautiful bran

globe willow

Questionglobe willow has black areas on branches and some weeping of a clear substance AnswerSound like aphids or scale insects. Both will suck the plant juices from the leaves and twigs and secrete a substance cal

Mulberry tree deseases

QuestionI live in the south of France and have two mature Mulberry trees,about 12ft apart. With one the leaves turn brown and yellow and drop in the middle of summer as if it was autunm.The bark on some branches hav

Mandavilla Plant

QuestionI have a mandavilla plant that was taken inside for the winter and after a couple of weeks, now,it is infested with little white flies - like a fruit fly. And there are white nestlike things on some of

lemon and orange tree disease

QuestionIve got a lemon, lime and orange tree which all have the same disease. The leaves will curl and and it looks like a glossy clear trail on the leaves. The fruit will become deformed and uneatable. Ive used se

Bradford Pear tree desease

QuestionI have 16 Bradford Pear Trees and there are lots of bored holes on the trunk of several trees. My question is,what has caused this?What can I do about this problem?  

planting new orange trees

QuestionI live in lower south west australia, we have had to remove our old orange tree and now we have two new ones, can you give me any tips to putting them in the ground, do i just dig a hole an