How to kill bracket fungi

QuestionBracket fungi on tree QUESTION: I found what look like bracket fungi on the trucks of a few of my trees in my front yard (see attached pic). From what I read on the internet, it can be harmful to tree

dying leyandii hedge

QuestionOUR LEYANDII HEDGE HAS GONE BROWN AND LOOKS DEAD IN THE MIDDLE. IT IS ABOUT 8FT TALL AND 20FT LONG. WILL IT CONTINUE TO LOOK DEAD AND BROWN OR WILL IT EVENTUALLY COME BACK TO BEING GREEN OR WILL

Grape problem

QuestionHello. My father has been trying to cure our grape disease in last 5 years. However, the disease kept coming back every year. Now we had to already remove half of our old grapes. I would like to send you few

Black powder fungus on Mexican Lime tree

QuestionHow do i get rid of this horrible black powder? Tree is growing well , putting out new growth, only to have the new growth become covered w/ black powdery fungus within a few days. Hasnt bloomed for awhile e

Bradford tree

Question Leaf picture I have a fairly young Bradford pear tree. I have noticed that all of the leaves have turned black in the middle of the leaf. It doesnt look like blight, but Im not sure. Can

peony mildew

QuestionHi David, and thanks for the help. I have 6 peony bushes in my garden along a fence. They are watered every other day by our sprinkler system. They have recently acquired a dusting of mil

yellow/brown mushrooms

QuestionI found a whole lot of these mushrooms under some pine trees on the northern sides in Kansas City and wonder if they are safe to eat. AnswerIn general IF you are not sure do not eat them. Here is a web link

sap on plum tree

Questionwhat does it mean when sap bubbles out of a plum tree? AnswerThere could be several reasons. One is a bacterial canker for which there is no cure. The other is that woodpeckers may be pecking on

dying bushes

Questionwhat could be wrong with my 2 year old giant butterfly bush it has lost all of its green and flowers and looks like it is drying completely out and is going to die help me ? stan AnswerProbably too mu

ficus disease

QuestionHi,I have a ficus benjamina, and its leaves on the top are not opening and they are yellow green and when i open them there are bugs in it. But the plant itself looks healthy Pleases help me that what shoul

Trumpet Angel

QuestionThis plant is only about 3 feet high but it has already gotten 2 beautiful flowers on it. Oh, thats the good news BUT, the leaves have holes in them and have been eaten away around the outside of the l

Diseased azaleas

Question DSCF2976: DSCF 2977 Some of the leaves on soem of my azalaeas have turned brown in a geographic pattern and these areas show a fine white surface on the upper part of the leaf See images attached What is

volck

Questionwill volck work on sago palms to destroy scale AnswerHI Pat.. It could possibly be Asian Cycad Scales. Asian cycad can be very damaging to plants if left untreated or allowed to spread. If you have sago pa

Crimson King Maple Tree

QuestionThe leaves on my Crimson King have turned to a milky white color? Any idea of a cause and/or a treatment for this? AnswerSounds like a disease called powdery mildew. The damage due to infection by the fungi

fungus on sago palm?

Questioni have a sago palm that has about 4 completed dead fronds. if you look very closely there is a light white dusting on the fern. another sago on my street has noticeable dead fronds like mine.. the dead ones

Red Twigged Dogwood

QuestionWe transplanted the shrub 2 weeks ago watered it well, but now the leaves are falling & the shrub appears limp. we wanted to move them because they where coming over grown. The shrubs are about 4 yrs old. we

mulberry

QuestionThe bark on my 27 year old fruitless mulberry tree is falling off. A long crack first appears and then the bark starts falling off. My neibor trimmed the tree last year and this year the bark sta

Calamondin plant

QuestionI received a Calamondin plant for a present and from the beginning it has had leaves that curled up.........It does not seem to have any other problems (bugs etc.) it just looks unhealthy because

yellow needles at the base of the branches on my long needled pines

QuestionI noticed just today that the needles on the base of most of the branches of my 4 long needle pines have turned yellow. I immagine they will fall off and the branches will then look sparse and the tree

Weeping pussy willow

QuestionA couple of days ago my weeping pussy willows leaves began curling and dropping off. It was just a few at first but now a majority of the leaves are curled and just waiting to fall off. I have also not