Broken Branches on Peach Tree

QuestionWhile on vacation our semi dwarf Babcock Peach Tree, planted 3 yrs ago. fruited VERY HEAVILY. When we returned the fruits were so heavy that a couple main branches broke. The peaches are not ripe yet, but we

holes in willow tree

Questioni have a weeping willow tree and it has started to die and there are holes bored in it and the bark has turned real dark. the holes look as if someone pelted it with a shotgun. any help on this would be appr

White & Brown Spots on Shrubs

Question White & Brown Spots on I have three verigated shrubs, two of which have slightly-raised white and brown spots all over the top and bottom of the leaves and stem. They are somewhat concentrated in

dying lilac

QuestionOur lilac bush has cream color dotes on all of the stems/branches and most of the plant is dead to the ground except the outside branches. Can you help me know what might be happening and could it be s

black substance on wax myrtle

QuestionMy wax myrtle is 6 years old and quite large. However, I just noticed a lot of black growing on the branches. The little pods that are normally green are mostly black, and this is all over the

cotton like balls on my crabapple tree

QuestionI have a crabapple tree first year and its got these cotton like balls growing on it, what is it and please what can I do about it thanks Pamela AnswerHi. Without a picture it can be tough to diagnose but h

MEYER LEMON FRUIT DISEASE/PESTS

QuestionI HAVE A MEYER LEMON TREE WITH A FRUIT PROBLEM. THE FRUIT HAS SMALL HOLES IN THE SKIN. AS THE HOLES BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THE PITH TURNS BLACK AND MOLDY. LAST YEAR WE HAD A SEVERE WHITE FLY

Dropping leaves

QuestionQUESTION: I have three plants that are dropping leaves. Two of the them are rubber tree plants and the other is a sheflera. I have over 20 houseplants and dont know what is happening to these. The first rubb

sago palm scale?

QuestionWe live in Jacksonville, Florida. We have 2 sago palms in our front yard (full sun) They have a white powdery scale on them, what can we use to get rid of it? Our back palms are perfectly healthy. They are o

Fruitless mulberry bleeding

QuestionQUESTION: I have a 30+ yr old fruitless mulberry that seems to be bleeding from the main branches. We did prune early this spring but it has never bled this much. The bleeds are not even close to

insects in the soil of my houseplants

QuestionTiny 1/16 to 1/32 shiny black insects that crawl around in the soil. I am unsure if the same thing or something else also comes in white.In some plants have noticed tiny worms ranging from 1/16 to 1/4 long b

fruit tree fungi

Question My fruit trees have a greenish blue fungus or what ever growing on the lower tree trunk. what can i use to fight or remove this growth. It looks real ugly AnswerSounds like you are describing l

Overhanging branches and lime residue

QuestionI have 3 lime trees overhanging my garden which are planted only approx 6 feet apart from each other. we only have a small courtyard garden and have been able to cut the branches back once about 2 year

Peace lily -strange behavior

QuestionHi, Was wondering if you can offer some answers. I have had a peace lily for 2 years, it was growing beautifully all this time. Just recently, half the foliage dropped so that it is almost compl

Cleveland Select Pear Trees

QuestionI live in central Illinois and have two Cleveland Select Pear trees. Last year the ends of some of the smaller branches started dying on one of these trees. This year this tree has considerably l

Black eyed susans

QuestionThe leaves have black spots on them. Remedy. AnswerHi cookie..Leaf spots, Alternaria, Cercospora, Colletotrichum, Phyllosticta or Septoria spp. Leaf spots are very common, typically sharply delimited necrot

japanese blood maple

QuestionI have leaves turning brown at the top of tree and toward end of limbs. Planted 1 year ago, 4-5 ft tall. Not a particularly dry summer in VA. Leaves came out beautifully, now??? Any ideas? AnswerHi. Sounds

worms in my maple tree

QuestionI live in central Maryland. I noticed some staining under a limb on the trunk of my maple. WHen I climbed up to take a closer look I saw that the limb was cracked where it connects to the trunk and abo

live oak trees

QuestionThis may sound crazy, but I have noticed air bubbles coming out of the bark on some of my live oak trees during recent rains. They run down and create a foamy mound at the base of the trees. I live in

little beige dots all over plants

QuestionWe have very small white/beige dots all over the hybiscus buds and also on some of the leaves. Please tell us what they are and what we can do about them. Thank you very much, I want to save these beau