Raywood Ash surface roots

QuestionMy 35 ft Raywood Ash is lovely but it has many surface roots growing from its base. Many of them spread out several feet. Can I remove them without harming the tree? &nbs

fruitless pear

QuestionI have a well established, 25-30 ft. fruitless pear tree in my southern ca. front yard. Several months ago I (ignorantly) removed a large section of roots that were raising the ground on my lawn and concrete

Removing 5 year old oak tree

QuestionQUESTION: Thank you for your service Jim! I have a 5-6 year old oak tree, growing well, not too big yet, but probably 4-5 inch trunk. Wrong spot, dropping acorns everywhere, want to put in something else. Be

dead pine tree

QuestionHi Jim! I have a neighbor with a dead pine tree about 60 high. If it falls my way, it will hit my house. Here is the question. Do pines start breaking off from the top or do they normally pull up from the gr

Eradicating box elder tree suckers

QuestionIm at my wits end. Four years ago I had a mature box elder tree in my yard cut down, and the stump was ground out about a foot below the soil. Every summer, I get tons of suckers popping up from

moths on my spruce trees

QuestionI live in Southern Minnesota, we have a wind break made up of many Colorado Spruce trees, and the trees are being striped of their needles by something, the moths that fly from the trees are a light tan colo

Magnolia tree-Seattle

QuestionHi- I have two older Magnolia trees in my front yard, and understand that they have shallow root systems. The trees are about 30 feet high. In putting in a patio on one side, the contractors cut

mesquite tree pods

QuestionWe have a mesquite tree that drops thousands of pods per year. Is there a solution to stop the pods from forming and therefore dropping from the tree? AnswerYou will need to stop the flowering to keep

Mimosa Tree I over fertilized?

QuestionJim, I have a 5 mimosa tree that was planted a year ago. It survived a winter frost and flowered in early May. I may have made a mistake then and over fertilized. with a crepe mertyl fertilizer not knowing a

Maple tree Sap

QuestionI have lived in my home for 15 years and have never had a year like this one. The sap from the maple trees around the area is terrible. I have to wash my car and driveway off every day. Can you shed some lig

live oak tree roots

QuestionMy next door neighbor has a gorgeous huge Live Oak Tree, however the roots from the tree have grown into my yard and are now starting to go under my house as well as ruining the yard,thus cracking the brick

Ficus trees

QuestionI have about 15 ficus tress very tall around my property. They were planted before i moved in and have now gotten into my plumbing pipes. I want to have them removed, do I need to remove the roots as well as

sick evergreen tree

Question Sick Tree Hi, I am hoping you can give us some advice on what to do with this sick looking tree. It is in front of a building we are leasing, and I believe it is right beside the septic field. We woul

yellow leaves

Questionmy carragana tree leaves are turning yellow, is this from too much water or not enough, or could it be the fertilizer, of which i use miracle grow?? thxs AnswerSounds like over watering. Moderate duri

Transplanting Purple Leaf Sand Cherry

QuestionWe are having some construction done on our home and will have to move three Purple Sand Cherry trees this August. We are in zone 4 (Ohio)and cannot wait until the fall for the trees to go dormant. The

Dying Oak

QuestionHi Jim I had 3 Oaks growing in a cluster for the past 7 years...they are probably 30 years old and we lost one last year and just had it cut down. The wood had what appear to be worm holes in them. &nb

What is it????

Question 3-shot of "Weeping Red I rescued a couple of dead trees from the dumpster of my favorite big box store, planted them PROPERLY (2 x 2 x 2 hole w/ 5 or 6 4 holes bored another 24 then 6 of gravel for dra

small-leave linden tree problem

QuestionI have an 40year old linden that has developed small holes at the bottom of its trunk under which small mounds of sawdust are accumelating.I also noticed small insects coming in and out of those small holes.

Tree with no leaves

QuestionI have a tree that has to be close to 60 or 70 feet tall. I dont really know what kind of tree it is but it is surrounded by a number of other trees however, this tree has no leaves on it. There

Raywood Ash - Sap dripping

QuestionWe live in Riverbank California, in the San Joaquin Valley. We have a raywood ash that is 18 years old. It overhangs a wood deck and concrete pavers the deck(s) are always covered with sticky sap. &nbs