Dying baby white pine or normal?

Question baby white pine Hi, i moved a young white pine (pretty sure thats what it is) from our backyard to our front yard to a more sunny location and right next to a dirt road. Its done fine up until the end of wi

Cedar Tree Bores

Question Cedar Borers I have about 2 acres of cedars w/ borers. I know I need something like a Merit systemic treatment but for such a large area drenching or injection is not practical or affordable. Is there a gra

pin oak boring insect

QuestionI have a pin oak in my yard that every spring gets attacked by some insect. The insect is probably a beetle; however, I have yet to identify the pest. The insect bores into young branches approxi

Tree/shrub as privacy fence

QuestionI live in Indianapolis, IN and am looking for some sort of evergreen to line one side of a fence that will provide full privacy all year long (Im thinking I will need a row of them to cover about 150 feet).

Unusual object growing on Oak Tree

Question Oak tree object When looking at a new oak tree in our garden my wife pointed out what appears to be a pear shaped object on one of the branches. It appears attached to the branch as a leaf would be by

bugs eating at our pine trees

QuestionThere is something eating away at our 40+yr old pine trees. Just a year or so ago they were healthy and had full branches low to the ground. Now the branches are bare half way up and all the need

Raywood Ash trees

QuestionQUESTION: I inherited 3 Raywood ash trees from a fried. They are about 15 feet tall already and are in large planter boxes. I want to plant in my back yard (all min of 20 feet for the homes foundation-learne

Oak Tree Rot

Question 2 trees with rot I have 2 large oak trees, dont know what kind of oak, perhaps you can identify them from the attached photos, they could be laurel. I took a claw hammer and cleaned out all the soft d

Crimsom King Maple Tree

QuestionWe are in Western North Carolina. Our tree is beautiful but the roots are above ground, can I mulch and make a planter type garden of hostas, etc around the trunk? Have been told this

Questions about our 20 year old liveoak with galls on it

Question Gout on oak We have a beautiful large oak tree in our front yard, which after looking up all the different types of oak trees indigenous to Kansas City, believe it is a Live Oak... it has smooth edged leave

Blue Spruce - root system - front walk repair

QuestionI have a 30 ft Colorado blue spruce in my front yard. Its root system has cracked the front walk, which is 4 ft from the edge of the walk. I want to replace the front walkway but am concerned that all

Holes in the trunk of my tree,...?

Question Trunk Holes Hello, I have what I think are several flowering or ornamental pear trees on my property. One of them has a series of holes that are really quite impressive (see attached photo). I am concerned

False Cherry Tree is SICK!

Question false cherry tree Hi there,Im THRILLED to find you on internet and need your advice desperately! I have a false cherry (I think) tree which is about 14 years old. It has pink blossoms and red berries

aspen tree

QuestionI live in northeast MO. I have a Aspen tree I brought here from CO. It has done well tell this year, I think I have cut worms in it. But would like to know for sure. The tree has fewer leaves than normal, an

Poplar Trees

QuestionQUESTION: A neighbor came into our yard and hammered copper nails into 3 large 14 yr old poplar trees. He put somewhere between 25-40 copper ring shank nails around the base of each tree. (Yes, we sued

magnolia tree- yellow changing to star

QuestionHi. I have a magnolia tree I purchased about 10 years ago that was sold to me as a yellow magnolia by a major well known nursery. It bloomed yellow blooms, very large soft colored butter colored

pear tree

QuestionI planted a cleveland pear three years ago. This year the tree bloomed real good.But after the blooms the leaves were pretty thin. the tree was fuller the first year I planted it. Any Ideas Thanks AnswerI w

carpenter ants in maple tree

QuestionHi Jim You mentioned that Terro can be effective. I looked at their site and there are many different types of Terro. I am wondering if you could be specific as to which one to use for carpenter ants infesta

Ceder Tree

QuestionI have a 10 inch cedar tree in middle Missouri that has rows and rows of very small holes going all the way up and around tree. AnswerIF these holes are in a line this is a woodpecker called a sapsucker.

Cherry Tree

QuestionI have a mature sweet cherry tree that is showing signs of stress this spring. Last summer we had an inground pool installed with the edge of the pool about 6 feet from the drip line. The workers