October Glory

QuestionI have a specimen, a beautiful, 35 tall, 10 in diameter October Glory maple, 15+ years old palnted a raised burm with good drainage in St. Louis, county. No problems in first 15 years since I first p

plumaria (frangie pannie) leaves / crepe myrtle sap

QuestionI have several plumaria (the flowers are used in hawaii to make lei necklaces). The new leaves are coming out ok, but then curl up and look asymetrical and jagged instead of a nice oval shape like a to

tiny black bugs eating limbs of weeping willow

QuestionI have two weeping willows that are infested with tiny black bugs that are eating the limbs of the trees. There are no bugs on the leaves only the limbs and branches. I was wondering what they are and if the

yellowing willow leaves

QuestionSaw your answer to a previous post that a fertilizing turfbuilder could be to blame for the yellowing of weeping willow leaves... We may have the same problem. What can be done to stop the yellow

insects on swiss chard

QuestionLast year and now again this summer, Im finding small, black, round bugs on the underside of my chard leaves. The infected leaves curl up and shrivel. I was unable to eradicate them last season..I tr

Webs in trees

QuestionQUESTION: I reads your response to the web in the Oak trees and the bark lice but I have the webs in acouple of pine trees and how I noticed all of the webs was my grass under my trees is dying. I thought i

spider webs on small evergreen

QuestionMy 5 triangular shaped evergreen bush has spider webs on the surface of parts of it. Those area are turning brown and the needles fall off when I touch them. What should I do to save the bush? A

dwarf meyer lemon tree help

Questioni received a dwarf meyer lemon tree by mail order in early may. It came bare root so i planted it in a larger plastic pot 12 inch opening and 12 inches high. i used an all purpose soil and gave it plenty of

leaves curling on my cantalope plants

Questionthe leaves are curling up on my cantaloupe plants -- I have 4 hills planted and three of the plants leaves are curling up. any suggestions - AnswerSeveral things can cause this to happen.

pansies

QuestionHi David I have noticed that the leaves on my pansies have black spots on them and seem to be dying off, there are also marks that look like dried milk on the leaves on quite a few of my other plants, any ad

Insects on plum tree leaves

QuestionThere are some little tiny white insects on the bottom of the leaves on my plum tree that seem to be making the leaves turn white and curl up and die. Got any idea what they are. AnswerSounds like aphids. t

Heritage (I think) Birch leaf disease

QuestionQUESTION: The tree is about 10 feet tall, planted professionally between Boone and Blowing Rock (approx 3500ft altitude) 1 year ago. Has just developed multiple small wart-like growth on leaves.

aphids?

QuestionDont know if Aphids are what my bushes have ....the are tiny white things all over my bushes and they are dropping leaves....Please advise AnswerIf it is aphids you will see or feel there is a sticky substa

weeping wellow tree

Questioni have a weeping wellow tree... it have been in the ground for 4 years,,scales are all over the leaves...what can i do,,, do not want to the tree to die.. please help me... thank you... misty AnswerI would

Korean Dogwood - Milky Way

QuestionI live in the Pacific NW. In Feb 07 this 5 tree was planted in the garden of our new home. In the spring it blossomed nicely. In the late fall it lost all the leaves and then this past spring was

black eyed susan

QuestionQUESTION: I planted a several black eyed susan this year, they were doing great. alsomost over night I have 1 plant dead, 1 plant where literally 1/2 the plant is dead, and 1 other not looking so hot. Their

gardening problem: fungus?

QuestionI have these spots of what looks like whitish-yellowish globs of stuff that when I kick it, or try to remove, a cloud of powder emits. It appears that underneath these globs is a black soot or powder.

Large Japanese Read Leaf Maple

QuestionI have a very large (over 30 feet tall) Japanese Maple the bark is drying out and falling off. Some of the branches are loosing leaves and appear to look dead. Also there are small (largest is about th

sugar maple disease

QuestionWe live in Northfield, Vermont and have recently noticed that leaves on our sugar maple, and others along this main secondary road, have branches of leaves that are turning brown. They appear to start browni

Anthurium help needed ASAP PLEASE!

QuestionHi Kathy, I have two Anthurium plants, one that I bought in April, which has grown a lot. I repotted it into an 8 Plant Spa (the kind of pot that you dont water from the top, it has a spout that you j