Magnolia bush disease

QuestionI live in Chicago, IL and have a magnolia bush in my front yard. Please forgive me I dont know what type however, it has silvery wart looking bumps on the lower branches, a foul odor coming from the ground b

Blood Orange Tree

QuestionI inherited a small Blood Orange tree with the house when we moved in 4 years ago. I do not know its real age, but guess its at least 5 y.o. Its in the ground in a fairly shady spot. Last year it had about 6

Ornamental Bradford Pear trees

Questionwe have forty trees in two lines alond the driveway; 10-12 years old. Two of them have developed bright reddish leaves. No signs of fireblight, and the leaves arent dropping. Normal summer here in NC, with l

dogwood tree dying

QuestionI live in the northeast (CT), and have a dogwood which has several patches of large moss on it. The tree has recent been losing a lot of large branched which started last summer, when i trimmed all the dead

Live Oak Issue is Texas

QuestionLiving in Dallas Texas we are covered in Live Oaks. I recently purchases a new home with 5 large Live Oak trees. One in the back is easily 7 ft round at 2 ft off the ground. Huge and

Bougainvillea Problem

QuestionI have 2 Bougs planted with in 12 feet of each other climbing on a trellis. One of them is losing leaves from the ground up, however there are signs of new leaves coming back. Both plants receive the same am

Weeping Cherry problem

QuestionQUESTION: The leaves on my weeping cherry tree have wilted and some are turning yellow. No noticeable insects are present. The tree has been treated with a fungicide several times since March.

dead tree limbs.

QuestionWe just planted a fruitless snow crabapple tree about 3 months ago.it is about 10 years old. Its right next to the lawn that has a sprinkler system. There are about 4 tree limbs that have died and have no le

rust on walnut trees

QuestionDark spots on leaves turn into larger black areas and growth seems stunted. Tree appears healthy until late July in central Washington then spots appear. Hot, dry climate here but irrigated daily. Rust? &nbs

Philodendron disease: What do I do?

QuestionI have a philodendron that was an off-shoot of a plant I won for my mother in a cake walk 35 years ago. The plant usually does very well, but every six weeks or so, I find a disease has infected severa

peachtree pit mold

Questioni have a 2nd season peachtree,it is black mold in a hallow pit.do not have a clue as to why or anything of fruit trees.last year was 11 huge sweet dark juicest peach ive had in 20yrs.now the start of this yr

Calamondin Orange

QuestionI think my Citrus Calamondin has some sort of disease, up until 3 months ago it was a healthy 3 foot specimen with many fruits and healthy leaves. Now it appears to be covered in a sticky substance (both the

Maple Red Sunset

QuestionI recently had a Red Sunset maple planted and noticed that some of the leaves have raised hard red spots on them. I would like to know what this may be and if I need to treat it. Any help would b

What is wrong with my butterfly bush?

QuestionQUESTION: I live in Denver, CO and have a butterfly bush with some sort of problem. I cut it back every spring and it grows nicely, gets ready to bloom and then never does flower. The plant is gr

shamrock plant

QuestionI have a shamrock plant that all of the leaves have brown spots and the outside edges are brown. AnswerHi Sorry for the delay--computer crash on my end. The plant may have either a fungal rust which

webs

Question1 of my oak trees has 3 webbed over clumps of leaves leaves are dying under the web they are kinda solid they look like hair nets about that size too. what do I need to do? AnswerHi Sorry for the delay--co

evergreen trees

QuestionI have black pine shaped cones hanging off the branches of my evergreen trees. They are very sappy to the touch. They are about 1 l/2 in. long..What are these and should I remove them or have the

Help, my plants are dying fast

QuestionI had a six year old, fabulous orleander which suddenly started drying out and one week later was dead. Next to it, two months later, is a five year old hedge-type shrub (sorry dont know name) in a line of t

Boxwoods turning yellow

QuestionWe started a flower bed in April and planted several boxwood shrubs. Now I know that we should have waited until fall to plant shrubs. However, they seemed to be doing fine until a few weeks ago when a few o

Agave problems

QuestionHi it sounds like you have had a similair question recently but I would like to clarify the symptoms.Along the blade of the leaf usually starting on the upper face the outer surface seems stripped away