COTTONLESS COTTONWOOD POPULUS

Question Cottonless falling May Cottonless falling lea Hello, I am frantic to find an answer in that just this morning our tree has started to shed its leaves and looks like half the trees leaves are no

leaf drop

QuestionMy Oak tree is dropping small branches of leaves all over the yard. As you look up thru the tree, several areas of the branches with leaves look shriveled up.The leaves and branches that fall appear to be he

Tulip Poplar tree planting

QuestionI recently received a Tulip Poplar tree that i ordered from the Arbor Day Foundation. It came as a dormant, bare root tree that was about 3ft tall. It came well packaged, the roots were covered with gel and

leyland cyprus trees have small half inch green balls on branches

QuestionI have about 60 Leyland Cyprus trees which are 10 years old. I had a run-in with bagworms which I am still trying to overcome but I am noticing many branches with approximately half-inch round green ba

pruning and feeding conference pear tree

Question conference pear Hi, I bought this conference pear tree 2 years ago and planted it in the garden. It was about 2 feet high with a few very small branches when I got it. It has grown quite well as you

willow oak tree

Questionmy willow oak is covered in galls which i have read are harmless on the tree but my tree is about 5 years old and is about 40 feet tall. the leaves are turning brown and falling off i did n

Laburnam tree - maybe dying - any advice

Question Laburnum tree branches Chances are your advice to this previous post here is the same, but I thought that if you looked at a picture it might result in better advice. I am in Kennewick, WA (eastern

Tree killing

QuestionWill round kill a tree, I spray my yard ever year first week of February, the guy next door said that the round up I spray the run off from the rain kill his tree, but the flowers at the base of the tree did

Bugs eating leaves on Japanese Maple

QuestionWhat are the bugs eating the leaves on my Japanese Maple tree? They are brown with a shell. Is there anything that I can spray on the tree to get rid of them. I live in Charleston, SC. &nbs

Cottonless cottonwood trees

QuestionWe have 2 eleven year old cottonless cottonwood trees out front. This is the first year they are blooming pesty cotton from the top. Why? Is there something that can be done to stop that? We thinned them out

ginkgo tree

Questioni have a ginkgo tree about 25 ft. tall,just a young one ,i was wondering if i could cut a couple of branches of the bottom without harming it thank you. AnswerYes you can prune the bottom branches without h

walnut tree leaves

Questionhave walnut trees with green like bunps on them what is this is it normal or is there a problem with tree? How can I fix problem or explain what is going on Thank you AnswerThese are insect galls formed by

Cottonwood with limbs dying

QuestionHi, we have 8 year old cottonwood that has been healthy up until this year. We noticed a large web like thing on one of the limbs. By the time we got it down, the limb had died. We ha

Tulip Poplar trees weeping in 2012

QuestionOur house in South Central Indiana is surrounded by mature Tulip Poplar trees many hanging above the back deck. For the first time in 12 years, the trees are dropping an excessive amount of sticky dew someti

Twig pruner insect damage?

QuestionQUESTION: Ive experienced some very significant damage to two elm trees (Princeton variety with Dutch Elm Disease resistance) over the last 2-3 weeks. The location is coastal mid-coast Maine. The

Pin oak roots & chemical warfare

QuestionDear Mr. Hyland, My question pertains to pin oak roots and nearby planted flowers: Do pin oak roots emit a chemical that keeps other plants from growing? About 10 years ago there was no problem,

Tree and Branch

Question Tree Hi Jim, We have this young tree (I think its West Indies Mahogany), and Ive been recommended by a neighbor to cut off the secondary branch thats growing low from the trunk (pic attached). What

dwarf willow tree

QuestionHi, I have had my willow tree almost 3yrs & its been so lovely seeing it grow but today I noticed yellow powder on the leafs & when I looked more closely I saw cacoons, I opened 1 up & tiny cate

injured live oak

Question Oak tree injury V and bark damage This enormous oak tree has a cavity that concerns us. A tree trimmer recently suggested that we cut a V in the tree to drain water from it and that it wo

Weeping mulberry tree/ornamental

QuestionAt our Early Learning Centre we have a 14 year old weepng mulberry tree in the playground. The tree was growing on a lean, and last year it split during a storm. When the tree was dormant it was