Golden Rain Tree

QuestionYour question was I have a Golden Rain Tree that is 2 years old and has bloomed for both years. It was professionally planted. Last summer one small area of it turned yellow and died off. Contacting the Ga

bark damage on my Ginko

QuestionQUESTION: Hello: Recently I was having my lawn rolled and aerated and the contractor hit my Ginkgo tree with his machine peeling about 8 inches by 3 inches of bark off and exposing the yellow flesh of the tr

blue spruce half dead

QuestionI planted 3 blue spruce a couple years ago. The eastern-most tree is rusted from top to center, and I assume it is actually dead. What would cause this? AnswerIt sounds like only one tree is impacted, and t

Aspen tree suckers

QuestionShould I cut these out or just leave them. There are about 10 of them surrounding my adult tree. I also have a few dead limbs on the adult tree. I tried to prune them, but It goes into gree

Saving a Mulberry Tree

QuestionHi Jim, My name is Patricia and I made the mistake of pollarding my Mulberry tree. I dont know exactly how old it is, but its older than 10 years. I asked the landscaper to pollard it because it

River Birch damaged by ice

QuestionRiver birch after ice River birch second pic QUESTION: A four trunk river birch was damaged by extreme icing. Two of the four trunks were bent completely to the ground during the ice sto

Pine Tree Damage or Disease?

Question Pine Tree Damage or Di I believe this is a Loblolly or Longleaf Pine Tree in (East) Columbia, SC. My father-in-law sent me a picture of what seems to be yellow powder within missing bark at the base

bark falling off/insect holes

QuestionNavajo globe willow trees have bark cracking. Bark does not fall off by itself but when I pull off a piece it comes on in a size about 12 high and 3 - 4 inches wide. There are no pests of any kin

Harming Douglas Fir trees

QuestionI have a group of Douglas Fir trees.(20)Some of the roots are going out into the proposed alleyway. Raising the group about 4 or 5 inches high. People want to pave the road. They want to cut the roots off so

Elm dopping ends of small branches

QuestionThis question was already asked, but I noted the questioner said this happened in the Spring (which is the case with my tree) and the answer provided about the two potential bugs talked about dropping small

Magnolia Tree

QuestionJim, This is a tree question... a little background first. We are in Middle River, MD & I recently (within the last 2 weeks), ripped up our existing yard which was overgrown with weeds. I hard raked th

Red Oak Tree

QuestionMy 2 red oaks in the spring had a lot of buds ready to leaf out. During this time the lawn care company put Manor and Dimension 2EW as a preemergents. Also the lawn around the trees was aerorated

Maple tree bark splitting

QuestionI Have a very old Maple(planted in 1923)whose bark is pulling away and starting to split from the the main trunk. The wood underneath looks firm and healthy. I first noticed it mid-summer last year (6/2012).

Sparse lilac bush

Question Lilac bushes We are in northeast Ohio and have a 5 y/o lilac that has an abundance of flowers, but very sparse leaves. It is shown in a picture next to two other trees that look normal. T

area around tree

QuestionQUESTION: we have a 12 foot around black maple in our backyard and all but the last 5 years we were covering old mulch with new mulch every spring. we now have a 2 foot high hill around the tree that has tin

Red Oak disease

Questionred oak pic 2 red oak pic1 QUESTION: See attached for what appeared on my two large Red Oaks (about 5 in diameter measured 4 from ground) in the spring of 2010. At that point an arborist

Dogwood Tree

QuestionHello Robin, Im really hoping you can help me. I think my landlord killed our dogwood tree! About 2 years ago, they planted grass. Tons of fertilizer and weed killer used. The dogwood is right in the grass,

Chinese Pistache Tree Not Growing

QuestionChinese Pistache Tree QUESTION: We planted a Chinese Pistache tree nearly five years ago and it has had minimal growth. Ive read that some can be tall and lanky during its adolescence, but we have one

Ash tree issues

Question1. I heard that there was an air borne infection that can infect ash trees even kill them, I think it was a TV news item saying the disease was bought into the country by infected trees ? My tree at the bott

tree

Questiontree closer tree QUESTION: I live in western AZ, close to the stateline of Nevada at Las Vegas. My neighbors have these 2 trees in their yard, and it is SO hard to grow trees out here, I would