Japanese Magnolia strange infestation

QuestionI have yellow round spots on the bark.. some leaves of this young tree are getting what I beleive to be sooty mold... It is spreading fast over what was an incredibly healthy tree. I would love to send pictu

catalpa umberela tree

Questioni really pruned this tree almost to the trunk in the fall ,now its 24th may and no sign of buds or groweth .i live in southern ontario.the weather has been below normal temps for this time of year and lots o

Weeping purple beech suffering leaf curl

Question purple weeping beech We have a weeping purple beech which is at least 12 years old and 8ft high. ALl of a sudden the leaves have started curling up. We are in central England and have not had much rain for

brown needles on spruce

Question branch Hello! I live in Alberta Canada and have 15 foot plus spruce trees on my acreage. The last few years I have notice a red browning of the needles at either the immediate ends o

river birch root system

QuestionWe need to cut away some large roots around our river birch its raised the landscape and is causing water to drain back toward our house. we love this tree will it destroy it? Josie AnswerThe percent of th

Different limbs coming out on bottom of tree

QuestionI have a fruitless weeping mullberry tree, we have had it for about 2 yrs. This year I have oak limbs coming out of the bottom of the trunk of the tree, what should I do. The sprouts of oak are coming out of

Fort myers pin oak webbing on thick branches

QuestionPLEASE let me know how to control pin oak webbing on my thick branches, the webbing is like nothing i have seen. The webbing is moving up the thick branches!!!!! PLEASE HELP. The webbing is not on the leaves

pin oak tree weeping sap

QuestionA thirty year old pin oak in our backyard has begun to weep sap from two holes in the tree about five foot high from the base of the tree. on examination the bark is split in seams above each weeping junctur

Pruning

QuestionI have a six year old King Crimson Maple. It is really starting to take off this year. The very top has about a 3 foot growth without any leaves. I heard it is good to trim this top area so the tree will gro

Mature Spruce Tree

QuestionHi Jim I have a approx. 60 foot Spruce tree in my yard and I would like to put a pond in next to it. I was wondering how close I can excavate wihout hurting the trees root system. The trunk is approx 2

tree sap

QuestionI havv a tennis court close to a forest. what tree sap would cause a nasty black residue on a tennis court? AnswerCheck and see if the sap is sticky and seems to fall is small mist like droplets. I wo

Japenese Red Maple

QuestionMy tree has new growth at the bottom. But at the top of the tree does not looks dead. do i need to prune the top or what? AnswerYoung Japanese maples tend top have winter burn and the upper branches are kil

recently planted river birch tree yellow leaves and then the yellow leaves all drop offs

QuestionQUESTION: the flowers fell about 1 week ago. I went to prune it and saw holes,brown patches on the lower branches. Also, I noticed that the bark was chipping off and the branches are very weak. &

My Rabid Willow Tree

QuestionHi, Im in Albuquerque, NM and I noticed that my Willow tree I planted 5 years ago seems to be rabid. I have found a white substance oozing from the trunk of the tree that is killing the grass at the b

white oak trees

QuestionIHAVE SEVERAL OLD HUGE WHITE OAK TREES.RECENTLY ONE OF THEM FELL DURING A WINDSTORM.I CHECKED THE CONDITION OF THE ROOTS AND TRUNK AND FOUND THE ROOTS WERE ROTTEN AND THE TREE HAD BEEN HOLLOWED OUT BY CARPEN

Sap from laurel oak

QuestionOur old laurel oak has suddenly started dropping heavy quantities of sap, which has never happened before. Is this something that can be treated? AnswerI am going to assume you are talking about the sap ra

Willow Tree

QuestionI have a willow tree which has been in by backyard for 4 years, about four days ago I started to notice the leaves turn yellow and they started falling off. The branches are colored black at some spots

white oak Anthracnose or oak wilt?

Question Oak leaf fungus? Hi My very large white oak appears to have some leaf blight problem. Attached are a few pictures of the difficulty. Leaves are disfigured w/ splotches. Im in Maryland near the northern boar

disease on English Oak

Question English Oak Hi Jim, I have an English Oak approx 50 ft. tall that has developed some type of disease. Does the attached picture show a fungus or is it the result of an insect. There are some small fruit fly

Insect eating chokecherry blossoms

QuestionWe live in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. We have just discovered that our chokecherry tree is covered with what look like flying black beetles about 1/2 inch long. They are eating the cherry blossoms