purple sadn cherry disease & viburnum and mock orange problems

QuestionQUESTION: We live in western Wisconsin. We just pulled out a purple leaf sand cherry shrub. It had a nasty slimy reddish area on the trunk and all the branches when cut had a reddish color within. Wed

Training an Oleander tree

QuestionI just purchased a tree form oleander in a 7 gal pot. What is the best planting and pruning method to create well shaped and rounded canopy. The tree is about 5 ft tall with a trunk of 3 1/2 ft. I am in sout

Rose of Sharon roots

QuestionI have rose of sharon that is out of hand. Ive cut them,but they keep coming back. Could you tell me how to kill roots,with out harming children or animals? Thank you AnswerElaine, Allow the plants that y

holly bush disease

QuestionThe leaves turn yellow then black many have black spots , also th tips of the stems turn black. I tried a fungicide last week and a few days later more leaves turned black. What should I do now.

rhodeys

Questionwe have many very large and tall rhodeys around our home. they are beginning to overpower the house and need to be heavily pruned both in height and width. they seem to be quite healthy. can you give me some

lemon tree with brown leags and some discoloration

QuestionMy meyer lemon tree just started to have a bunch of leaves where the ends of the leaves turn brown and curl up a little. There are also some brown spots (some type of bacteria no doubt) but Im most wor

Rose of Sharon split at base problems

QuestionI have searched through this website and cant find this particular problem with my Rose of Sharon shrubs. This year I have cut down entire portions of the oldest specimens because they died (or mostly died)

moving large holly bushes

Questionthis coming feb / march I plan to do some major landscaping. ive got a number of large holly bushes that Im considering aggressively cutting back and them moving. is this the best time and way to

Oleander disease

QuestionMy oleanders have some kind of disease or bug on them. Whatever it is attached to the underneath of the leaves and the stems of the buds and was very thick and yellow. It sort of looked like sand

meyer lemon tree losing leaves

QuestionWe live in Vero Beach, FL and our Meyer lemon is 2yrs old (since we planted it). It didnt bear much fruit the first year, and this year it has lots of fruit on it, but has lost almost all its leaves and the

Cedar Deodar - yellowing of new needles

QuestionI planted Cedar Deodar last year. I was instructed by the nursery to use a lot of good soil under the tree, bone meal, and plant it so it does not sit in the water. I followed the instructions, planted it

Arborvitae planting question

QuestionWe recently had a local garden center plant 57 arborvitae trees on our property and were having problems in that they are turning brown at the bottom and middle. Weve received conflicting information about h

Rose of Sharon death

QuestionI have a well-established hedge of Althea. One of the bushes (luckily the end one) has not produced any leaves, nor even the smallest buds, and has small orange dots on the bark and lower branches. The

birch tree

Questioni have a 30ft birch tree with 3 main trunks sprouting out. One of the trunks looks like its dying from the top down. All the leaves on this one trunk are gone. Dont know what to do.  

curled leaves on lilac and burning bush

QuestionI have two lilac bushes that were planted three years ago. Last year the leaves started curling up mid summer, with brown tips. There were no blooms this spring. The new growth looks good, so far. Ive also n

Japanese Maple

QuestionWe live in NC, and just as our large Japanese Maple was leafing out, we has a freeze (21 degrees) and all the new leaves withered up. There is new growth now, but the tree does not look good. Other than keep

Althea (tree form) help

QuestionI have planted a tree form Althea last spring. It bloomed and looked wonderful during the summer. It currently has about 4 inches of new growth with dark green leaves and was looking very healthy

non-blooming hydranga

QuestionWhile my old-fashioned Annabelle hydrangas bloom faithfully, the newer blue ones dont bloom. They seem to send up new shoots annually, leaf out nicely, but no bloom. I use fertilizer for acid-loving plants,

Apple tree pruning & fertilizer

QuestionHello E.Gulliksen I have planted two apple trees about three years back and they have not grown since then much. I like to know what is wrong with them. Please advice me how to prune it and when and what is

hydragneas

Questionwe purchased a large endless summer hydrangea late summer last year and were excited to have it in our garden. we did everything the nursery told us to do regarding planting it --mulch food etc. we pla