Trimming Browns Yew Shrubs

QuestionHi Edward! This isnt a disease or insect question but hopefully you can help just the same... We moved into a house about 12 years ago and al along the front and side of it are what appear to be Brown Yew Sh

peony transplanting

QuestionI dont know if you would consider a peony a shrub or perennial, but maybe you could help me. I live in Elgin, IL, zone 5. This weekend I divided and then transplanted 5 peonys. Since they a

color of Hydrandeas

QuestionWe live in Dillard Ga., and my pink Hydrandeas seem to be turning to blue blooms. How can I keep them pink? AnswerMary, The flower color of Hydrangeas is related to the soil ph and to the amount of av

yellowing leaves on rose of sharon

Question yes Gary, could you please help me. I love the rose of sharon bush. I just bought new one. but since i put it in the ground the leaves are turning yellow. it is july here the early part. so could you tell

color of shirobania spirea

QuestionI live in southwestern PA (south of pittsburgh). I planted 4 shirobania spirea at my house and two at my mothers this spring. I have three blooming solid white and one solide pink. She has

photinia

QuestionI have a hedge that looks terrible. One plant has died and the others show very little new growth and have some black spot. I am located in the Columbia Gorge where the winters are very wet. The hedg

flowering crabapple tree losing its leaves

QuestionThis is the second year in a row that all of my crabapple trees have started losing their leaves right after blooming, all trees are just about bare. Will spraying the trees with fungicide now improve next y

Watering Rose of Sharons

QuestionWe have 34 Rose of Sharons planted down our driveway. We planted 10 first and then ordered 20 more, we planted them like the directions tolds us, but, now, the 20 that we planted last have little buds on the

Hydrenga

QuestionMy hydrenga has bloomed every year except this one. In the winter coal was dumped on the place where it layed and this summer it did not grow well, nor did it bloom, what do you suggest I do to get it to gro

Question about Techny Arborvitae

QuestionI planted 5 Techny Arborvitae this spring. They are about 4 to 5 feet tall and about three feet wide. All have round little buds on them that are light green in color. One of the 5 shrubs is just covered wit

shurb growth

QuestionHey Ed, I have two trumphet vines. One is a number of years old and one just a few years old. I want to keep them to a reasonable size. shold I cut them back every year after flowering and if s

tree root problem

QuestionWe have a very large tree in front yd. Its roots have now broken my front porch and lifted and is creating a really serious problem. We can eventually cut down the tree, but how do we get rid of the ro

tree disease ??

Questioni have a victoria plum tree, i estimate to be about 20 years old, its is probably about 12 foot high, it is usually full off fruit but this year it had hardly any blossom and over the last 4 weeks all the le

Yellow leaves R.O.S

QuestionI bought a rose of sharon last week.It is in a 3 gallon pot. I havent planted it yet,but have it in fs and keep it well watered. However its leaves are all turning yellow and dropping. What am I doing wrong?

arborvitae tree

Questionhi, i have 20 trees which was planted in may. one of the trees looks gray and its dying, three more a showing a gray on their sides. we have had lots of rain and i do water them. i am not sure what can i do

Hollies

QuestionThank you! additionally I have a very vigorous growing honeysuckle (4 indivdual plants) after they begin to bud the flowers turn black and become brittle; this has happened for several years. What do you rec

Manhattan eunonymus

Questionwe have a few Manhattan euonymus shrubs in our backyard that attract hundreds of hornets with their new growth in the middle of the summer - is there any way to control the hornets without harming the bus

Photinia foliage loss

QuestionWe once had a flourishing Photinia, Red Robin, which has grown to nearly 6 feet in three years. It used to have lots of foliage. Then gradually it became very scraggly. And a black spot app

transplanting hydrengas

Question it still has flowers on it ,should i prune it now and how do i do it lol. AnswerAnne, The recommendation is to wait until the flowers die back, then you can prune. Remove any dead stalks and yo

burning bush blight

QuestionLast spring I planted three burning bush shrubs. All was well until recently. A few weeks ago I noticed a lot of spider webs on the bush that gets the most shade and those leaves were turning brown. I