indoor tree

QuestionAbout 10 years ago I was given an indoor tree. It looks like a palm, but it has a thick trunk and large crown of big leaves. Two years ago I moved to a new office, and the conference room is dark

wheeping willow tree

Questionhow fast do the grow..and how to prune..and fertilize AnswerWeeping willows grow fairly fast, but are not large trees when fully grown. They like water and require little care on your part. If i

fern disease

QuestionOur 30 year old fern now has 2-3 mm round brownish either plant growths or small evacuauted exoskeletons,they are not moving, which are attached to both stem and leaves on the older areas of the plant.

Maple Tree Spots

QuestionHello, we moved into our 1 acre beautiful lot a year ago and the trees are beautiful. HOwever, this year I noticed a young maple with large white spots all over the trunk right up to the crown. They varying

Japanese Plum Tree Dying

QuestionHi, We have had a Japanese Plum Tree for over 20 years that offers beautiful shade and has been quite healthy. This year half of the tree is dying and there is a yellowish power on the limbs, it almost look

Camealia

QuestionI live in zone 7, South Carolina, and have Kramer Supreme camealias that have not been in the ground a year. They bloomed nicely this year, but now I discovered that the leaves have some sort of spots

Peony problem

QuestionI have several old peony plants that have had red buds this spring and then the buds opened into very tiny, curled, yellow-green, deformed leaves with no stems. Two of the three plants have one stem th

leaf disease in weeping cherry trees

QuestionPlanted a weeping cherry about a month ago, now I notice holes on the leaf what type insect or disease does the tree have and how can I combat it. AnswerIt might not be an insect. There are fungal dis

Sega Palms

QuestionWe have recently bought a sego palm tree we have had it for about 7 weeks the tips of the leaves are now turning yellow and have some leaves have yellow spots we thought it might be over watered as it was ne

plumeria insects

QuestionI have small white bugs?? on the tops of my potted plumeria plants leaves. They have spread to potted banana trees and a potted sweet tree. They dont move and come off easily. They are not mealy bugs, white

red maple tree, Michigan

QuestionQUESTION: We have two red maples planted three years ago and their leaves are limp. My neighbors maple trees are fine. They look like they are dehydrated but do not respond to watering. ANSWER: Check the tr

chinese palm tree

QuestionI have recently purchased a 7 foot tall potted chinese fan palm tree. I am noticing that the lower frond tips are beginning to turn yellow. I do not see any insects, I have it in a sunny area and

banana magnolia

QuestionI have 2 banana magnolias. They both, one more severe than the other, has something green growing on the limbs and they have very few leaves. Im assuming its some sort of fungus. If so, wha

Mulberry Tree disease?

QuestionThis spring, the leaves on the branches of my Mulberry Tree are very sparse, and approximately one-quarter to one-third of the branches have no leaves at all - or only two or three on an entire branch. When

Ginkgo Tree

QuestionIm distressed! My beautiful Ginkgo Tree looks very ill, the leaves at the top came in but the bottom half is not producing any leaves. We live in Chicago area. We do have a lot of woodpecke

king sago palm tree

Questionwhy does the new growth when it reaches full growth turn brown and fall off? AnswerSeveral things can cause this condition in sago palms. Cold injury is the first thought that comes to mind. I h

huge tree suddenly losing its leaves

QuestionQUESTION: We have a huge, maybe 50 ft tall, tree that is suddenly losing its leaves. This tree has rather molted smooth bark, round hairy balls for seeds, and a maple like leaf. Just today I noti

Coral bark Japanese maple problem

QuestionWe planted a young Coral bark Japanese maple about a year and a half ago. It has a nice full head with new growth and healthy looking leaves but his spring the bark on the trunk turned a greyish brown and

plum tree in trouble

QuestionI have a three year old plum tree, fruit bearing. I use tangle foot to keep the ants off the tree, but there was a breach for a few days while I was away, and it got infested with ants and their little fri

nectarine and plum fruit drop

QuestionQUESTION: Both of my new young trees set huge crops for the first time this year. However, the fruit fell until now the plum has no fruit and the nectarine only a few fruits, and these fruits are coate