Red Maple Tree Transplanting

QuestionI am getting a Red Maple Tree from a friend and I will be digging it up from the ground. It has been planted in the ground for a year and is about 10 foot tall. Since it is coming up on Spring time could I t

what should I buy?

QuestionQUESTION: I just built a house and the back yard is all dirt and is 108 wide by 37 deep. Im really interested in the Italian Cyprus. I love the way that it looks.... I would be buying these trees

woodpecker damage on tree?

QuestionDear Jim, I live in Northern California and have noticed last year that a woodpecker has been making his superficial marks throughout the trunk of the tree. My question is with all the marks, would this make

automobile damage to magnolia tree, late spring

QuestionMy neighbor and I share a driveway easement. He often has large trucks use the easement (rather than his service road) and there are several wounds to the trunk of the tree. The latest was done t

camila bush

Question I HAVE A CAMILA BUSH, MY MOTHER WOULD LIKE TO ROOT HER A PIECE IN HER YARD. HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT ROOTING HER A PIECE OF THIS BUSH. THANK YOU. AnswerNot all camellias root readily from cuttings, but with g

tree fertilizer

QuestionQUESTION: i heard that the fertilizer spikes for trees just goes down past the roots and doesnt do any good.?? here is a link of the product i am talking about http://www.amazon.com/Pack-01610-JOBES-T

Crepe Myrtles

QuestionI had a dwarf crepe myrtle planted last October. The few leaves it had have since fallen off, and it is now the beginning of April. Some of the other crepe myrtles in my condo complex are beginni

Dogwood Tiny Worms

QuestionI just planted a Dogwood that I bought from a local nursery (Mobile, AL.). Its the second day of watering, and I was examining the trunk. I noticed tiny (1/4 to 1/2 in) worms slowly wiggling around in the di

Tree pest ?

Question Tree Pest Hi Jim My name is Michel, I live in Texas and I have a couple of small young trees in my back yard. I dont know what kind of trees they are, but recently Ive noticed they are full of little balls

pruning technique

QuestionCan you tell me how to prune a Japanese maple tree? It is overgrown in the front of our house and blocking the windows. Thanks. AnswerMaples are bleeders and the time of the year to prune is not in t

Old OakTree

QuestionWE have a beautiful old oak tree on our front lawn,but when I came home today it was raining heavily and there were what looked like white soap suds accumulating near where the trunk meets the ground.

Magnolia Tree roots

QuestionMy wife and I are looking to buy a house that has two Magnolia trees in the front yard. The roots are extremely shallow--taking over the shaded area underneath both trees. As far as we can tell there are two

Thundercloud Purple Plum Flowering

QuestionWhat would make plum trees not bloom as much as they should. For example, I have 6 plum trees on my property. Three of them flower and look excellent. The other three appear to be about at

Cutting down white pine trees

QuestionI live in a condo complex in Connecticut. When the builder landscaped this complex in 1994, he put hundreds of white pine trees around the perimeter of the complex. Now 14 years later, they are o

Flowering Dogwoods

QuestionI have tried unsuccessfully at getting Dogwoods to take on my property. I have one that was here when we moved in 10 years ago. What is the ideal location and procedures for planting. I am especially interes

copper paint on trunks of deciduous and citrus

QuestionIn order to keep snails out of my fruit trees, can I mix copper sulfate with tree trunk paint and paint it on? I know snails will not cross copper and I heard this technique works. AnswerSeveral types

spanish moss

Questioni have trees , i would like to spray with copper sulphate. i have the equipment. i do not know where to get the chemical, and to what recipe do i mix it, also does it have an advers affect to st. augustine g

Thuja Green Giant Evergreen Trees

QuestionWhat type of root system do they have? AnswerNot real sure what you are asking--they have a more fibrous root system which will not harm driveway, walks and house foundations. As most trees if there is a br

Japanese weeping cherry tree

Question Live in Fletcher, NC and have a Japanese Weeping Cherry tree that is around 25-30 ft tall. The branches are very brittle and the tree is lop sided, as in 2/3 covered somewhat sparsely with branches and flow

repairing a branch on a dwarf maplr

Questionwhat can i use to repair the branch that split on a dwarf Japanese maple AnswerIt will all depend on where the slit is located, the size of the limb and if it is the main stem or not. On small limbs it may