Trimming pine trees.

QuestionIn southern Calif., what months should pine trees not be trimmed? AnswerThe winter is the best time but they can be pruned any time. If pruned in the spring they have a tendency to bleed more since this is

Dying tree

QuestionWe purchsed a living leland cypress for our Christmas Tree in 2008 and in January it was planted in the ground. Now the branches are all turning yellow and dying. If it isnt too late what can I d

Root system of PIne and Pin Oak Trees

QuestionWe need to install a french drain which will run about 2 ft deep. I have a Pin Oak Tree about 20 feet from where the drain will be installed and several pine trees within several feet of the proposed drain.

Deodora tree is sick

QuestionMy Deodora tree is turning brown and loosing its needles. I noticed that there seems to be some sort of parasite on the branches. These are tiny fuzzy brown things. do you know what these are? A

caring for Italian cypress

QuestionMy tree has a brownish green foilage, will it hurt my tree to use Miracle grow? Do these trees have a dark green foilage, or is the brownish green the natural color. AnswerSounds like a lack of

to remove or not to remove

QuestionQUESTION: I have a leaning pine tree from a storm. Should I have it cut down or leave it? Does it have a tap root? ANSWER: It抯 important to understand that any tree broken, moved, or damaged in anyway by th

Cypress Tiny Tower

QuestionI purchased and planted this tree in a planter box because I know there were limits to its growth in height over many years. However, it is close to my house and I am wondering about the density and growth p

Pin Oak tree

QuestionWe need to install a french drain, but it will require cutting along side our 50 year old pin oak tree. The 2 deep trench will need to be about 4 from the trunk of the tree in a straight line to the curb. Wh

lyland cypress

QuestionWe have a single row of Leyland cypress varying from 5-8 years old, in the middle of the row 3 of the trees suddenly are turning yellow. They are on a slight slope and not around standing water. These

Maintenance of an established Blue Spruce

QuestionMy mother has a Blue Spruce, appx. 50 feet tall. Leaves have gathered inside the tree over decades and branches with no needles on it have grown. Should we trim all of them off. AnswerThe dead branche

Maintenace of Blue Spruce in SouthEastern Michigan

QuestionMy Mother lives in a area where there are a lot of leaves that fall in the autumn. The Blue Spruce looks very unsitely in the Winter. Our solution is to trim it about 3 feet up and to throughly c

caterpillar eating bush

Question my poor bush! I have many caterpillars that have eaten my bush just today. How do I get rid of them and will they eat my other plants? AnswerThese are sawflies larvae and can be controlled with the

Blue Spruce Juniper

QuestionBlue Point Juniper were planted two years ago and are about 6 feet tall. The new growth ( about 3 ) looks very good in color. The old growth is grey green and the needles appear dry. I water at the per

Planting only one Coast Redwood

QuestionI have a 15 year old Redwood tree (I think its a Coast Rdwd)in my townhouse backyard in Campbell, CA. I am getting neighbor complaints (connected to homes on both sides)that this tree will become a hazard be

worms on pine

Questionwe have a pine with blackish green worms hundredds of them. What could this be? AnswerThese are called sawflies. It is the only caterpillar type insect that will eat pine needles. Sawflies are a group of in

Italian Cyprus trees turning brown

Question Italian Cyprus trees Italian Cyprus trees turning brown from bottom - someone told me to put a white piece of paper and shake branches and look for small red bugs - I did this - I had small red bugs on pape

Sequoia sempervirens on property line

QuestionWe live in a part of northern California where redwoods grow well. Trees planted within the last ten years in public parkways are already huge towering lush trees. Our neighbors just planted a line of red

Depth of Cedar Tree Roots

QuestionWe have a cedar tree approx. 10 - 12 in diameter that has a very good lean towards a structure. Approx. how deep does the root structure for a cedar tree usually go? We are thinking that it should be remove

Giant Sequoia

QuestionDear Jim, I have a six year old Giant Sequoia that I planted as a seedling. Its roughly 12 feet tall and about 4 inches in diameter. After transplanting it in early May, the tree is now turning b

foam on White Pine

QuestionI have a large White Pine in my yard in northern IL. There are little globs of foam on branches. What is this? AnswerThis is an insect called a spittle bug. The pine spittlebug, Aphrophora