Crape Myrtles

QuestionWe planted 2 white crape myrtle last year and they fared really well until this spring when some of the leaves are curling and/or turning dry and brown on the ends. I can see no insects. We live on the

dying vinca minor

QuestionOur well established vinca minor is dying in large patches. No sign of stem rot or insects; no dark spots on leaves. Some area are in shade and some in partial sun but all areas are filled with dying patches

white growth on pine tree

QuestionMy father has a small pine tree (about 1 1/2ft high) growing on his balcony. He waters the tree every other day. Recently the tree has a white film om the bark. I assume this to be fungus of some sort. The t

Meyer lemon tree - diseased

QuestionWe were given a Meyer lemon tree for Christmas. It stayed indoors until just recently. While still inside I noticed a sticky coating on the leaves which also appeared on my hard wood floors aroun

Brown Spots, Yellow Leaves

QuestionA month ago I planted a chitalpa in New Mexico. It was doing fine until a couple of days ago. Now brown spots and yellowing leaves are all over. Could this be a fungus? Or do I need t

Web worms in Fruitless Mulberry Tree

QuestionI have a Fruitless Mulberry tree in Dallas, Texas that is at least 45 years old and healthy as it can be. It has had small infestations of web worms every year that did little damage. I cut out those I

tea scale/burford holly

QuestionIve read to avoid Cygon or De-Fend to treat tea scale on a burford holly, but what CAN I use and am I stuck until fall to treat again? I sprayed something I thought was ok (cant recall now) in March but here

Sudden death of Sunset maple

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jim...we are upset....we planted 3 large sunset maples three years ago. Theyve been doing great. They are about 25 feet tall but still slender. Suddenly all the leaves got reddish an

Weeping cherry trees

QuestionI have 2 miniture weeping cherry treee that I planted 3 years ago in Massachusetts. One just started having trouble this past month. The leaves turn yellow and the entire branch appears dry. Even

Aspen Tree Pests

QuestionOur 15 year-old aspen tree has tiny, white insect eggs massed on the underside and top side of MANY leaves. The tree leaves and deck below also have a sticky honey on them. Are the tiny eggs rela

Maple tree black ooze

QuestionI live in lower Alabama. My maple tree is bleeding a black ooze. It is very bitter to the taste. What should I do and what is causing it? AnswerI would think this is a condition called sli

White spots on honeysuckle

QuestionWe recently added two climbing honeysuckle to our landscape. The one gets light almost all day and more in the afternoon. There are several dime size white spots on some of the leaves. Almo

Maple Bladder Gall Disease

Questionhttp://en.allexperts.com/q/Plant-Diseases-715/maple-tree-disease.htm I noticed that the answer you gave to this person about the gall disease on the maple tree was that it will not affect the ov

California Live Oak

QuestionWe live in the San Diego area and recently had to have a Live Oak removed leaving a stump. How do we stop the continued growth of shoots whereas it is currently developing into a bush! Appreciate your advise

Locust tree new growth wilt

QuestionI believe we have a locust tree, although we do not have thorns on it. The new growth out on the ends of the branches is wilted looking and looks as if something is eating it, or stripping the new leav

insect pods on arborvitae

Questionhelp please, I have a problem with a few of my emerald green arborvitae, it looks like they are dying, turning brown almost though 1/2 the tree. when I looked closer I saw small pods that are kinda cone shap

red spots on our maple tree

QuestionWe just noticed that the leaves of our Autumn Blaze maple tree are covered with little raised, red spots--they look like tiny little red balls. Is this a disease or are they insect eggs of some kind? &

Fungus on my weeping willow

QuestionI have a weeping willow in my front yard. The tree it self is doing great, but there looks to be a type of fungus growing on it. The fungus is red and kind of spiky and it is growing in small patches no bigg

scale on a weeping willow tree

QuestionWe have a 5 year old weeping willow that has been doing great until this year. We live in Kyle, Texas. We have been told it has scale. We sprayed it with a solution of 2 tablespoons of baking sod

Japanese(red) Maple disease?

Question Mr. Hyland, We have a Japanese Maple about 3 feet tall, approx. 9 years old that has been doing generally well. It is planted in full sun in southern Michigan. Each year during the heat of the s