ponderosa pine stressed, diseased?

QuestionI live in far west Texas and have 12 ponderosa pines in my yard. one of the younger trees (approx 24 inch circum.) has flaking bark, seems to be oozing more sap, a few of the sap leak areas look dried and wh

Existing Live Oak Tree

Question Rigolets Lot I purchased a lot on Lake Pontchartrain last year and there are two oak trees on this lot. We will be building soon and one tree will need to be removed but the second may be able

Locust tree problems

QuestionOur trees are located in the Wausau area of north central Wisconsin. Last year a 4 diameter 25 foot Skyline Honey Locust on my property would not leaf out above the crotch of the tree. I had plan

leaf and stems turning brown and dropping from pecan tree

QuestionMy pecan tree is 6 years old, for the last two years; in spring, small limbs with leaves turn brown and fall off. I can clean up the dropped leaves and in two days more have fell. Is this some type insect? I

damaged Leyland spruce

QuestionAfter one year In the ground, snow broke the tops of a row of trees. Now the bottom 2/3 of each tree has full branches while there is a tall long dead-looking center branch. This part of th

river birtch,paper birch near septic tank

QuestionI live in a bi-level house built into a side of a hill. Where I would like to plant a Birch tree is 6 ft from my septic tank.The septic tank is deep in the ground. The ground level of the proposed tree locat

sugar maple leaves turning early

QuestionI have a situation where I bought a Bonfire Maple in early March from a nursery. It is about 15 foot tall with a 2-3 inch trunk. It had already started leaving (small redish leaves) when they removed it from

Mimosa Wilt issue

QuestionId love to save this tree, which has the symptoms. Im looking to see if there are any recent developments that might help reverse the affects of this disease. The yellow leaves appeared after I p

Royal Empress Tree

QuestionHi Jim, I reside in Southwest Michigan and purchased a Royal Empress tree last June- the tree did exactly as expected shot above 11-12ft with huge beautiful leaves. Upon first freeze she lost all her leaves

Globe Willow stressing from Weed-N-Feed

QuestionI have a new Globe Willow that was planted in February. We live in Fort Worth, TX; have a normal residential lawn; and use a lawn service. The tree was doing great when first planted, but now seems to

my weeping birtch tree has no leaves

Questionhello, my weeping birch has no leaves and its spring and when I took some of the branches off right from the trunk it was white like wood is it alive ? does it go dormant? I live in LI.NY. zone 7 or 8 ? &nbs

tulip poplar

QuestionI want to plant a tulip tree in a low lying ground where about 5 ft of the base of the tree will not get more than a couple hours of sun per day but the rest of the tree, above 5 ft, will get all day sun. &n

tree root systems

QuestionJim, We have an above ground pool with a silver leaf maple on one side and a flowering cherry on the other. We recently see what appears to be roots growing under the pool from the maple tree side. &nb

Crooked Willow

QuestionI live in Albuquerque, new Mexico. As of now I have my crooked willow in a big pot. I would like to plant it into the ground. I do have a pool and would like to know what the root system is like on these tre

Water coming out the end of a tree root.

QuestionQUESTION: I had a landscaper do some landscape. Had to cut the end of some roots off. Now I have water that comes from the end of the roots. It also looks like snot substance at the end where the water comes

maple tree problem

Questionwe have an 8 year old sunset maple tree in our yard and this spring it started to drip sap. the leaves are covered, as is all the plants underneath the tree. The first thing I noticed was what I

tulip poplar sooty mold

QuestionThis is the second year of this problem. Our trees are at least 60-80 tall. Need to know if there is any product to coat or clean underlying plants, rocks, etc. that are still black from last year, sin

moving a river bircvh tree

QuestionI have a very large river birch planted too close to the front of my house. Planted about 7 seven years ago at about 6 ft., now to be 30-40 ft. tall. Would like to move this river birch about 12-15 ft. away

Empress trees

QuestionIm thinking about getting some fast growing trees to provide shade around my home. I see so many different descriptions of the Royal Empress (Kiri, Princess, Paulownia, Foxglove Empress Tree) and different

No Leaves on Aspen Trees

QuestionI live in the San Juan mountains of southern Colorado at 8000 ft elevation. I have a grouping of 4 aspen trees next to my house. One of the trees has fully leafed out, 2 of the trees have leafed