Water Oaks

QuestionI am on a farm 10 miles from Hempstead, Texas 77484. This place is West of Houston, TExas. We have not had rain for at least 45 days now. I recently purchased two water oaks from a well establis

Purple Beech Tree

QuestionWe planted a Purple Beech tree three years ago. It has not grown an iota and every year the same leaves that it had the prior year return. There are no new leaves. What can I do to help thi

cooley spruce galls

QuestionIs there a systemic ground application I can use for my spruce trees? From the pictures it looks like cooley spruce galls. I have a few trees that are quite large and would be hard for me to spra

red oak trees

Questionone of our oak trees has little green balls on the underside of the leaves. we can count at least thirty,do you know what they are ? this tree is six years old and never had acorns. thank you Doug AnswerThe

red bumps on the truck of my weeping willow

QuestionI just noticed several clusters of red bumps which sort of look like small buds on the main trunk and the two largest lower branches on my weeping willow tree. The tree looks healthy, but Ive never not

cavity apple tree

QuestionI have a 90+ year old, beautiful historic apple tree centered in the middle of my deck. It has a cavity which previous owner filled with foam. I saw seepage, and removed the foam and killed those

Weeping Willow attacked by Sapsucker

QuestionI live in Sunny Valley, Oregon. Last year I planted a weeping willow on our property and yesterday while I was outside I noticed a woodpecker on the trunk so I scared it off. Upon inspection of t

Curly Willow -fungus?

QuestionOur 13yr old curly willow has been dropping yellowed leaves this summer. Weve notice the plants below are being affected by these leaves. Is this a fungus or some other disease? Do we need to rem

Korean Dogwood

QuestionMy Korean dogwood, planted last year, is growing wildly 6 or 8 odd branches at the top about a foot higher than the rest of the tree--same thing on the sides. Also many little branches are popping ou

CUTTING OF BLUE SPRUCE ROOD

QuestionI LIVE JUST OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO, IL AND HAVE A 30 FOOT TALL BLUE SPRUCE WHICH IS ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD. THE TRUNK AT THE BASE IS ABOUT 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER. A ROOT ( 5 INCHES IN DIA) HAS SURFACED AB

Red Maple leaves

QuestionQUESTION: We have a transplanted Red Maple tree that is about 20 feet high and about a 4 inch trunk. It has been in our yard about 4 years. I dont know what kind of Red Maple it is but when it leafs ou

redbud forest pansy 2inch

QuestionI just received this tree as a gift,how deep a hole do I need and should I put lyme in hole first with some good potting soil mix? How much do I water the tree right away or use some type of plant food? &nbs

my tree

QuestionI planted about a 5 foot weeping cherry early this spring the root ball was in a burlap bag. I was told that you should plant it in the bag so as not to disturb the roots so that is what I did but now the le

Oak tree has leaves with a black powder on them

QuestionI have an oak tree that is around 10 years old and I have noticed a blackish coating on the leaves. I am not sure if this harms the tree, but late last year is when I noticed this isuse. I figured with winte

Tree roots exposed

QuestionOur village was putting in sewer pipes, and inavertanley hit my tree with thier digger truck exposing the tree trunk three quarters the way down. Also left roots exposed on one side from March to present 200

Transplanting an Ash

QuestionI live in Phoenix, and have a 4-year old Fan West Ash, with a trunk diameter of 5 inches. It was planted too close to my house, and needs to be moved about 15 to 20 feet. Is this a job that can be done

Feeding and watering

QuestionHi Jim. I just bought and had planted by a nursery two trees. One is a Cleveland Pear and the other is a Pyrus Aristocrat Pink Dogwood. Theyre in great shape and look very healthy. Would you tell me the best

How to Kill Scrub Oak Root Runners

QuestionMy property has been thinned of some scrub oak and the spray used on the stumps did not work. Live and cut trees are still sending out root runners everywhere. How do I get rid of the root runner

Maple Tree Bark Split

Question Split Tree Trunk We have a mature Silver Maple tree and this spring we noticed a vertical split in the bark on the main truk. The split is approximately 3 feet long and about 1.5 wide. We live i

Sassafras stumps

QuestionI got the Sassafras trees cut down 11 of them n now i have these stumps in my yard and lots of lil trees like 3 inches high an a lil higher how do i rid my yard with these pesty trees? please hel me! Answer