birch

QuestionOur two birch trees are oozing a red discharge from under the bark.I would like to know what this is and how to treat it? The trees are about 25 years old and I really dont want to lose them.Thanks. AnswerS

growing tree

QuestionI have a bradford pear tree for 10 years. It spreads out a little, but mainly grows up. What can I do to make it form a pear shape. We have never trim or done nothing to it.

Euonymous Bush Disease

QuestionMy bush has developed tiny whitish spots on most of the leaves; Leaves have withered and died. Most branches seem dead. What has happened? Significant rainfall this year. Soil is acidic. Should I bother with

Bad fruit from a peach tree

QuestionPrevious Question Asked I have peaches that are big and beautiful that are just ripening and look fine; but, when you cut into them they more often than not have a brown inside around the seed that looks lik

Arborvitae Question

QuestionI planted a couple dozen arborvitae plants about four years ago that have recently been showing signs of distress. In fact, two of them died recently and I noticed that the last one that died had many

sick crepe myrtle

QuestionI planted a 5 tall crepe myrtle last year and it flourished and bloomed beautifully. This year it looks sickly. No blooms, no new growth and light green leaves with uneven coloring. Any advice? thank you

Pin Oak tree trunk discoloration

QuestionI would like to know why my pin oak seems to be crying a dark reddish brown color. We are in Eastern NE. The tree is about 60 ft high and this color is about 20 foot off the ground and coming out

climbing black eyed susan plant

QuestionHi- I have a climbing black eyed susan plant that was doing pretty good. Has climbed about five feet. Suddenly it has yellow spots all over the green leaves. How can I fix this? Also, it had a few flowers,

sap from trees

QuestionQUESTION: I have a tree that has been leaking sap for 4 years now. I noticed that my roof, car , driveway and front house is stained with this sap. Also when the tree blossoms my grass dies. Is this sap dang

giant poison ivy

QuestionHow do I get rid of a poison ivy vine up my tree? This vine wont pull off and is about as thick as your arm. It has climbed pretty high on the tree. AnswerYou can kill the vine with a herbicide called Round

sesanqua

QuestionI have about 30 sesanqua as a hedge around yard. Recently, whole limbs are dying- Ive had soak hoses out during drought- Could it be a fungus? There are no insects- they are about 10 yrs old. What about a

Elm tree disease

QuestionMy very old elm tree is dying. The bark is falling off every day and on the inside of the bark are strange markings, rather large, similar to a smashed spider (some are 4 in length). I have had them de

Lucky Bamboo - red tinge to one leaf

QuestionHello, Ive had this same Lucky Bamboo plant for a few years. At first I had some problems with the original plant and it turned yellow and had black dots that looked like mildew. The plant seemed to be dying

Ornamental Crab Problem

QuestionI have a 12 ft. Ornamental Crabbapple tree that has been growing well for 6 years and now it is developing dead leaves, followed by the whole branch dieing off. It is happening randomly over the body o

weeping cherry bleeding sap

QuestionI have a weeping cherry that was infested with Japanese beetles this year.. I am not sure if this has anything to do with the fact that for the first time the tree looks sick and is bleeding sap from the tru

FICUS BUGS

QuestionI SAW YOUR RESPONSE ABOUT BUGS ON THE LEAFS OF FICUS. THESE ARE BLACK BUT THEY ARE IN LEAFS THAT ARE FOLDED IN HALF AND OF COURSE START TO TURN YELLOW - WHEN YOU OPEN THE LEAF THERE ARE LOADS OF

ponytail palm rot?

QuestionHi, we have recently had a lot of rain (a lot more than usual). Since this time I have lost one ponytail to what looked like root rot (had lots of white fuzz in the root when removed from the soil and

Lilac bush fungus

QuestionI have a lilac bush that gets this white long- not powdery fungus on it. Last year the main stalk had it on there & I sprayed it with soap & water but it did not work. The fungus ended up killing

Maple tree losing its leaves

QuestionHello, About 5 weeks ago I noticed our young maple tree started losing some of its leaves (unusual for this time of year). Now, back from holidays, I noticed it has lost a significant amount of leaves (abou

apple tree leaves with spots

QuestionWe have apple tree leaves that have yellow spots with a dark spot in middle. On the underside of the leaf it appears to be a collection of objects behind the dark spot. Is this a disease or attack of some