maple tree bumps

QuestionI have a young Sienna Maple tree.5 dia. This summer it had little red bumps on the leaves. What are these bumps and should I be concerned? Thank you Fred AnswerThese are leaf galls caused by a small insect

landscaping around a large doug fir

QuestionBecause we like the looks, we built tree rings around our large douglas firs 3 years ago. The rings are 4 ft out from the trees, 18 inches high, filled with dirt and planted with rhodys and azalias. &n

weeping Laurel Oak

QuestionMy Laurel oak is weeping something. It is very obvious all under the canopy. We are in Sarasota Fl and the tree looks very healthy and is about 50 tall in a residential area. I dont see thi

Hackberry tree

QuestionWe have a old hackberry tree, it has always appeared to be healthy, until this year. We noticed the bark on the lower part of the truck started to split and it has gotten worse over several months. Now

Blue Spruce/disease

QuestionOn the trunk of my spruce tree, theres a gooey, gummy sap oozing out. I can poke a stick into the wound like areas. The tree is about 30yrs old. Its been trimmed through the years. Th

Valley Oak

QuestionIs it normal to have sap falling for all of September and October from my Valley Oaks -and with our first rain yesterday, clusters of green leaves with little brown knobs around the twigs fell, some of these

weeping willow roots

QuestionWe have moved into a house with at 2 year old weeping willow (the curly vaiety), planted 10/15m from the house. It is lovely, however our neigbour has raised concerns about its roots. We are relu

Sick Corkscrew Willow

Question Fall Plants Our willow tree, about 20 years old, has something growing under its bark, pushing the bark out, starting low on the tree. These things look like a pile of various sized and shaped golf ba

transplanting Cedar of Lebanon in Nov/Dec

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I have a question about a cedar of lebanon that I cant find the info to anywhere. I planted a cedar of lebanon in my yard in town in 2007. It is about 3.5 feet tall and growing well

? pine tree

Questionwhat tree has round pine cones like a golf ball, and very tiney needles? its about 40 ft tall and turns in the autum like the native trees here. i live in w.ill on the mississippi. thanks AnswerI believe th

red oak vs. live oak

QuestionI will be planting oaks in my small backyard. Which one has a better root system that I will not have to worry about future foundation problems to my newly built home. Also, how far from the hous

planting an English Oak Tree

Questiondoes it make a differance what way the acorn is facing when planted like horizontaly, verticaly? and I read in once of your anwsers to another question that that best time to plant the acorn is in April but

Maple columnar tree

Question12 years ago my landscaper raised the soil level at the front of the house near my bow window and planted a maple columnar which was the height of the roof. It was very beautiful. I did not realize that t

cottonwood roots

QuestionI have an elderly customer with failing eyesight is tripping over several roots from three mature cottonwoods in her yard. Would grinding the roots down to ground level kill the tree or cause it to fall over

kill a chinaberry tree stump

QuestionI have cut down a huge chinaberry tree (it split into 4 large stumps about a foot out of the ground) because it was going to fall on my home. that was early this spring and now it is a huge bush 7 ft high an

tiny bugs in my pussywillow bushes

QuestionI noticed what looked like fungus or mold on my pussywillow bush, but when I examined it closer it was a patch of tiny little bugs. When I took a stick and poked at them they came off easily and what l

Redwood offshoots

QuestionGary, The place we are renting has two redwood trees in the backyard, they are thriving and beautiful. The only real problem I am having with them is offshoots are constantly spro

Dieing pear tree

QuestionHi,we move to our new house in November 2009.In the garden their is two pear trees, one very old cherry tree and a apple tree.When the weather changed around March April we tidied up the garden and noticed t

half dried live oke leafs

QuestionMy live oak trees start off nice and green, then half of the leafs dry up. One half is green the end of the leaf is brown dried up. Can u please find a cure for my trees. AnswerJoe, Unfortunately there are

Ok trees fungus

QuestionIn St. Petersburg,FL there are many confined(in soil surrounded by cement curbs)oaks. When it gets cold they send out runners that travel 2-10,pushing thru asphalt to emerge into sunlight.Theyre hooded