Severe bark peeling off Shamel Ash trees

QuestionWe have 2 Shamel Ash trees in our front yard. The trees were here when we purchased the house in 1990. They were probably planted when the house was built in 1980 or soon thereafter. WIthin the last year, th

root system of flowering pear tree

QuestionQUESTION: I and everyone on our street have a flowering pear tree on my park strip. It was very well established when the home builder planted them four us 8 years ago. I now want to put pavers o

River Birch Concerns...Root damage.

QuestionHi sir, i have a river birch tree that is approximately 3-4 years old with an approximate height of 25. It has been thriving and doing so well where it is located and the leaves were healthy in appearance

flowering cherry transplant

Questioni need to transplant six foot tree that has been in the ground three years.some lateral roots just under the surface appear to be about three feet long.how deep will the root system be? will there be m

sprout

QuestionI have a healthy crabapple tree with multiple spouts coming up. Id like to transplant one to another area. Could you please provide instructions? I;m not sure if they are coming from fallen seed

Garnet Japanese Maple

QuestionHello, I bought a Garnet Japanese Maple this summer and noticed that before I even put it in the ground, the tips of the leaves were drying up. Now I planted it and it still has dried up tips. I

girdling trees

QuestionWhen is the best time to girdle a tree? especially thorny locust. AnswerYou can girdle the tree at any time if you want to kill it. IF you do this in the spring you can see the results within a week o

Pine tree disease

Question pine tree disease the problem is with the long needle pine tree, not sure what kind, maybe scotch pine? Needles and branches are dying and there is a black substance on the branches, looks almost like

bradford pear trees

QuestionI just bought a home in Little River SC. My brother says the tree in my front yard is a boy bradford pear tree. It has tons of small round fruit on each limb that smell like pears. Can you eat th

SMALL RED WORMS/CATEPILLARS

QuestionI live in Schertz, Tx. We have several live oak trees, a few other varieties of oaks and some elms. Over the past few wks we have been seeing very small, 1/2 inch reddish catepillars. I gue

Laurel Oak Pest

QuestionI live in south central Florida on the east coast. I have a Young Laurel Oak (2 years old) about 15-20 tall. It has been doing great with regular water, well drained and fed generic plant food (6-6-6) along

lime tree roots

Questioncan lime tree roots cause subsidence in sandy soil AnswerTrees only cause subsidence on shrinkable soils. In practice, this means on clays. If you are on a sandy soil, for example, tree related subsidence s

live oak tree diseases

QuestionI have a live oak tree which suddenly has a white grwoth all over the leaves and branches. It looks almost like lint from a dryer filter. Can you tell me what it is, and what to do about it. AnswerCou

Fuzz balls under leaves

Question leaves Fruitless olives have multiple orange fuzz balls on the underside of the leaves. Two applications of organicide barely reduced the numbers. Are these killing my trees or harmless? AnswerIt lo

Can you stake a 15 foot leaning aspen tree

QuestionIs there a way to stake a 15 foot tall aspen tree with a 6 inch trunk - that is starting to lean as a result of wind? AnswerSometimes tree just grow in a lean. Check the ground on the side away from the lea

Post Oak Tree Disease or fungus

QuestionOur post oak tree has been covered with tiny pea-sized orange fuzzy balls. They are on the leaves and the twigs. The tree seems to be losing its leaves faster than normal. These orange fuzzy ball

Dieing Cherry Tree

QuestionGood morning, I have a cherry tree which I am told is dieing and it surely looks like it is. One of the primary reasons is due to age I think. It is approximately 30 feet high and the previous owners did som

twig gridler

Questionis there aspray to apply to standing elm and pecan trees to kill twig gridler AnswerNo there is not really a spray that works well. These beetles cause very conspicuous damage in late summer. The leaves on

Trimming/Pruning a mature blue spruce

Questionour tree is old and mature and very large and is in need of the lower ring of branches to be cut. The branches are heavy and laying on our arborvitae. Can we trim the branches off OR back without killing the

Water lodged trees

QuestionHi, we have a type of gum tree which we planted about 5yrs ago. 1 tree has developed really well but the other 3 have been quite slow in growing. This yr we have had a extremely wet winter and the 3 smaller