Young Liquid Amber Tree

QuestionI live in the LA area and my husband and I are considering buying a home. I have been reading all the liquid amber tree questions and have one of my own, because I too saw the Discovery Channels progra

Why are my Arborvitae trees dying after one month of planting, twice now

QuestionHi, I live in York, PA. and have planted 10 Aborvitae trees in my yard along the fence row. This is the second time I have had to plant these trees because the first time I planted them

crepe myrtle aphids

QuestionI live in Charlotte, NC. I have a crepe myrtle that has had two very bad years of pest infestation. I have researched and believe that I have crepe myrtle aphids with the honeydew, sticky stuff a

Early leaf drop in an oak tree

QuestionI have a very large oak tree in my small garden. I have noticed that many leaves are falling off it. My grass looks like autumn covered in leaves. My neighbours also have oak trees but appear not to have the

Dead weeping cherry tree after only 3 weeks

QuestionI live in northern Indiana, soil is very clay. I planted a weeping cherry (about 4 tall, from a local stoare - $60). It looked beautiful and healthy. I dug out all the clay, made an extra big hole, planted i

Tree-attracting black flies & wasps

QuestionHello Jim, We have a serious problem here in the Lexington, Ky area. We have a tree approximately 10 feet tall that has leaves covered with black suit, white mealy bugs and gall bumps. The worst of it all is

Princess Flower tree

QuestionI have a princess flower tree that I planted almost a year ago, in a half wine barrel in my backyard (I live in the S.F. east bay area, specifically castro valley). It is looking slightly unhealthy: it

Corkscrew Willow doing poorly

QuestionI am located in the foothills of San Diego County. I planted a Corkscrew Willow last year, my soil is clay so I dug a 3 x 3 hole and added soil amends. It grew quiet a bit before going dorment. This year it

Catawa Tree Worms

QuestionIs there any pesticide that can be used to control or eradicate the worms on my catawa tree. I dont fish therefore the worms are truly just a pest and turn my beautiful 100 year old, 70 foot high tree

Type of trees we should grow

QuestionHi, We have a spectic system in the back, followed by power lines which are about 15 feet away. I would like to plant fast growing evergreens that have a vertical root sytem such that they do not get t

Transplanting a weeping cherry tree

QuestionHi! Well I guess I should of checked this site before I did what I did. I bought a weeping cherry tree about 2 years ago and we moved and couldnt take it with us so I decided to dig it up and give it to my p

previous queation about crape myrtle trees

Questiontyped in wrong email address [email protected] wrong -- right email is [email protected] -- sorry, hope this doesnt mess up you sending me an answer AnswerHere is a duplicate answer in c

Tibouchina urvilleana

QuestionI am thinking of planting one in front of my home. I live in Victoria , British Columbia. It will go on The west side in full sun against the house. We normally get rain in the winter with

Pine Tree Problem

QuestionI have a large pine tree near one of the corners of my house. Over the last few months, the branches coming off the trunk have gone from slightly above horizontal to drooping toward the ground. There is some

Removing existing trees and planting new

QuestionI bought a house 8 months ago and there are two trees I would like to remove and replace with new trees. One tree is a mostly dead apricot tree and the other is a gigantic plum tree. The plum tree is much ta

tree covered white powdery substance

Questionlive in Western Ky. Have white powdery substance all over the branches of a weeping mulberry tree that I planted last spring. This started at end of summer last year. Have sprayed with frui

Watering

QuestionHi, Jim. We live in east Texas where everyone is experiencing weather that is dry and hot! Our large oak trees are beginning to feel the strain. What is the best way to water them until we

Maple Tree is sapping

QuestionWe have lived in our house for 6 years and this year the tree decided to sap? It is sticky on our vehicles, the hand rails by the stairs and when the lawn gets a little water it is sticky to walk on. &

HELP! They trimmed my pines TOO MUCH

QuestionI have a row of pines that are 2 stories tall and my daughters boyfriend thought he would be helpful and trim them up. Only he trimmed the bottoms up 6 FEET! All branches from the bottom up 6 fee

Best shade tree to plant

QuestionTwo years ago, I was forced to take down a very mature maple due to crown die-back and damage from lightning. It was the sole shade tree in front of the house. I want to plant another shade tree