small yard choosing shade tree

QuestionI live in Northern Minnesota (zone 3) and have a small city lot. I would like to plant a small shade tree in the back yard, any suggestions? My husband doesnt like to pick up berries. AnswerThee

cheery tree

Questioncan they live indoors AnswerCherry bonsai trees will do well in parts of the Mid-West and the South where theres lots of moisture in spring and fall and long, cool winters. The Surinam Cherry is a fruiting

maple tree bark peeling

QuestionI have two 2 year old purple maple trees and the bark is lightly peeling off the trunk area directly below the branches. Is this just from frost or should I apply a wrap of some kind to protect the tre

maple seedling

QuestionQUESTION: I have 6 maple seedlings in 6 pots, some Norway, some Red, and some unknown. I live at 2000 ft in Santa Cruz, Ca. Should I have planted the seedlings out in the ground by now? H

Pine Tree needles are brown & some branches are dead.

QuestionQUESTION: What do our Pine Trees have? We live in Bishop California which is in the high desert of the Sierra Mountains - Zone 8. Some of our trees have needles turning brown with dead branches.

dieing weeping willow

Questioni have a weeping willow that seems to be being attacked by some kind of insect or something I can only looks like a meal worm cocoon. This pest can burrow to the middle of branch or main part of the tree and

OAK TREE BRANCHES COVERED WITH WHITE STUFF

QuestionI LIVE IN HOUSTON TEXAS. ONE OF MY OAK TREES IS COVERED WITH WHITE STUFF ON THE TRUNK AND MOST OF THE BRANCHES. STARTS A FEW FEED OFF THE GROUND AND CONTINUES UPWARDS. AS IT GOES UPWARDS IT APPEA

bees or wasps swarming and elm tre

QuestionWe have a elm tree that has wasps or bees swarming around it. It is quite high up so we cant see what is attracting them. The leaves are all falling off the tree, so we think it is infested with some kind of

Borer in red maple (sunset)

QuestionI spoke to a local tree farm about what looks like damage to the trunk of a red maple. They are 95% sure its a borer. Instructions: peel the damage-look bark, use wire to poke all the holes and t

browning trees

QuestionI live in south LA. we planted a line of cypress trees last year & some of the trees were appearing to be dying and turning brown. Than this spring they all turned green and looked normal. Now it has been se

Holes in oaks

QuestionI did hear woodpeckers work away and now I know where they were toiling. I have 4 old oaks that bear holes. I have pics if you want. I am dealing with carpenter ants as well. Do I n

LIVE OAKS-Georgia

QuestionWe planted 20 about 8 live oak tree down a drive way with clay/sand soil about a year ago. We have a drip line on all trees and they have been (seemed like) doing very well. This past week we hav

digging the soil around tree trunk

QuestionMy husband wants to regrade around an existing mature oak tree here in Eastern MA, north of Boston. Question: Will removing up to 6 inches of soil under part of the tree damage it? How much diggi

Diseased Hackberry tree

QuestionThis tree is showering our patio with a sticky residue and now little white mite-type bugs seem to be falling out of it, too. It is a tall tree so can I treat it at ground level and, if so, with what?

oak tree gall?

QuestionOur Oak Tree has these bright Red balls, on the tops of the leaves. They are only on the sunniest side of the tree. About the size of a cheery tomatoes. None of the other oaks are infested. Could this

Tree Infestation

QuestionHere in North West Arkansas I have noticed many trees (Black Walnut, Oak, etc.) with a silken web like sack about one foot or so in diameter attached to tree limbs. Inside are many small caterpillar worms

Tri Color Beach Tree

QuestionI planted this tree about 5 weeks ao and the tree developed browning on the outer edge of all the leaves. Is this scourch from not enough water or did the tree get shocked fro its new enviornment. The tree

failing yellow magnolia

QuestionQUESTION: I bought a yellow magnolia butterflies 2 years ago. Rather than thriving, it is declining. The tree is almost leafless (in august!) and had a weak flowering this spring. The leafl

Aspen Trees roots cut sucker stopper RTU

QuestionI have three Aspen trees in my front yard in Carbondale, Colorado. We began noticing fungal looking growths springing up throughout the yard and destroying the grass (no grass growth where these come up). Th

root size of blue spruce

QuestionI live in southern Ontario Canada. I planted a Colorado Blue Spruce approx. 31/2 feet from my fence and my neighbour who has a pool is concerned that the root system will grow large enough to interfer with t