ornamental weeping mulberry tree

QuestionWe just planted and watered well a healthy ornamental weeping mulberry tree Tuesday, July 1. He is at the south/east corner of our house. He is in the sun most of the day but does have some shade of a

Pear tree overcome with fire blight

QuestionHi, would you be able to tell me how best to remove my poor tree, its too overcome, there is blight everywhere, weve had a very wet spring/early summer and I didnt know enough to manage it, if I could. Now s

Sycamore tree

QuestionI live in Birmingham, Alabama. I purchased a large Sycamore tree from a reputable nursery, and had it delivered last week. I put it in the ground immediately {I had the hole and water previously prepared}

Bark peeling on climbing roses

QuestionI live in NM. I have 2 climbing roses in large containers. They had loads of flowers in May. Then all the flowers went away and 1 week ago many of the leaves suddenly turned yellow and are now dead. I just n

Holes in lacebark elm

QuestionHi! I just read the question a few months ago about holes in the bark of a lacebark elm...it came up when I googled holes in lacebark elm. But, I am having a different type of hole in the leaves of my

India crabapple

QuestionI just plant a India crabapple in May, I notice that it now has a white fuzzy something in the base of the branch where the branch is connected to the trunk. Is this a fungus and can I use a basic mild

Parade Rose

QuestionHello. I have a Parade Rose plant that I keep indoors in a pot. I recently have noticed that the leaves are disappearing. It seems as they they are decaying. My husband says that it may be

crape myrtle tracks and unidentified white dots

QuestionOn the trunks of my 15-year-old crape myrtles are many scratches or tracks of some kind carved into the bark. All of them contain very small, white dusty specks...size, color of sesame seeds. Small sug

black fungus? on pine trees

Questionmy mother in law has many pine trees and they have gotten a black fungus starting from the ground up that is also causing the bark on the branches to peel off. Obviously this isnt good for the trees an

Birch Disease

QuestionI have a River Birch that was transplanted (south-central Ohio) 3 years ago and to date has thrived growing approximately 5 feet in that time. Just recently I have noticed an abundance of leaves turning yell

Sticky lemon and white things

Question My lemon plan is sticky around the base and the floor. It lives inside in a pot. Young shoots coming out and sometimes it gets flowers (no fruit). On the leaves I have several brown spots and on the branch

dwarf weeping cherry tree

QuestionIn the past couple of days my trees leaves are turning yellow and some are falling off. The weather has been hot and humid but the ground is wet. We have a sprinkler system that goes off everyday. &n

Sycamore Tree wet spots on trunk

QuestionSouthern California, tree at least 45 years old. It has been healthy for the 37 years we have been enjoying it. For the first time, beginning a couple of weeks ago, wet spots are developing on the trunk. &nb

Rose disease

QuestionI have several roses that are hardy and come up beautifully, branch out and bloom and one of the blooming branches will just fall to the ground and fall off. It is healed at the base of the plant - bro

Oak tree leaf fungus?

QuestionI recently purchased a cabin in Northern CA at ~5000ft elevation and noticed that the oak trees in the area have a fungus(?) on the leaves and I want to know if there is anything I should do about it or be c

Leaves on Birch tree cluster yellowing

QuestionWe planted a new cluster of white paper birch in early June. The leaves are now turning a bright yellow like they would in the fall and it is only early July. What would be causing this and what

Amorphophallus rivieri

QuestionQUESTION: I recently received an Amorphophallus rivieri as a gift and noticed some brown patches on the petiole and small white insects crawling on the roots (I repotted it). Any idea what this could be and

Drummond Red Maple

QuestionI have 4 Drummond Red Maples and live in southeast Texas. The trees are a little over a year old and about 10 feet tall. One of my trees looks sick with leaves that are cupped down and have black edges that

Glory Red Maple Tree

QuestionWe recently planted (Nov. 2007) a Glory Red Maple tree in our yard in Spring Hill Fl. It was doing very well, until we noticed the leaves turning brown along the center of the leaf. We are getting plenty of

Sunflower disease

QuestionOur Sunflowers have a black deposit at the base of the leaf stem where it meets the stalk. What is it. What can we do about it? Or do these plants need to be pulled? Thank You Angi AnswerHi Angi Can you s