Black Walnut Root Damage

Question tree-1 roots-1 My neighbour (a commercial property owner) is repaving his lot...in the process, he had his backhoe operator dig down about 3 feet - right at the base - of a 100 year old walnut

Black and white bumps on Mimosa Tree

Question Mimosa 1 Mimosa 2 Mr. Hyland, I have a Mimosa Tree in my yard. We are located on the eastern shore. Soil is sandy and clay. Dont know the PH or any other conditions. I

Coral Bark Maple

QuestionHi Jim, I live in southwestern PA and the past winter here was just brutal. Wind chills at times went to -30 and temps were in negative numbers for weeks at a time. We have 4 year old Coral Bark Maple that

Beetle attack Laburnum truck

Question laburnum laburnum detail We have a beautiful mature laburnum, recent photo attached. We moved to the house 2 years ago. We noticed a side plate sized disc of dark blister like area on the bark

Leyland Spruce

QuestionJim - I live in SE Pennsylvania and I have 3 5-6 year old Leylands. Last winter was brutal in my part of the South and my Leylands look awful. How hearty are these trees, they are pretty b

Leonard Messil Magnolia

QuestionHello, We have found a beautiful Leonard Messil Magnolia. We happen to reside next to neighbors who have three black walnut trees. Is the Leonard Messil Magnolia susceptible to black walnut toxic

tree stump weeping and stinks!

QuestionWe had to have two 30+ foot trees removed three months ago as they were causing damage to our house, driveway and garage. I believe they were sugar or Norwegian maples. The stumps (about 30-36) a

Catalpa tree

QuestionHello. We have a small catalpa tree that was a volunteer (we did not plant it). It is doing well. The place we are in recently had the street black topped and the tree is on the edge

Loblolly Pine

QuestionI have planted quite a few pines after a wild fire come through here in Bastrop, Texas. I have 2 out front about 8 tall that dont seem to be doing well. I believe they have received too much water (trees wer

more mature Purple Robe Locust Tree

QuestionDear Jim: I have been searching for a more mature Purple Rob Locust tree and so far all I can find are small, 5 gallon pot, type trees. (biggest was about 1 caliber. I had a dr

Snow Fountain Weeping Cherry

Question 734 735 Hi Jim, I am not sure if this is your area or not, but I really appreciated the answers to questions I asked about trees in the past. My front yard has a Snow Fountain Weeping Cherry

Blue spruce root system

QuestionIn a previous Q by someone you said the Blue spruce had a tap root and then water feeder root that spread out. I am putting a green house about 12 feet from 30 year old blue spruce. There is a large fe

Lye

QuestionCan I put lye down under my deck to stop vegetation from growing AnswerNot a good idea. If an animal or a kids should walk through this area their feet could be burned by the lye. A good herbicide would be

Norfolk Island Pine

QuestionHi Jim, I have a 60 ft. Norfolk Island Pine that has shed hundreds of seeds; can you tell me the proper method of propagating them?...thank you!...Nick AnswerHere is the instructions for growing Norfolk pin

tulip tree

Question branch trunk I have a tulip tree that I planted in April in poughkeepsie ny the buds were green and now are brown. I scratched the bark on tree trunk and it is green, but in all of the br

pin oak high upper limbs dead

QuestionI am in Lancaster PA soil has high limestone content I just read that the mulch around pin oak tree can also be reason for the tree dying, I am removing the mulch< Question: can I do anything else t

Flowering Plum Tree

QuestionJim, I have a 10 year-old flowering plum that has been a beautiful specimen. Late this Spring I simply limbed the vertical sprout suckers. It resulted in this mature tree dying in about 8 weeks! No inf

Something Eating My Almond Tree Leaves

QuestionOklahoma City, OK area. I have a Stark semi-dwarf All-In-One Almond tree planted in the front yard that put on phenomenal growth this year (second year in our ground) with lots of foliage. About

mushrooms from maple roots

Question maple I have a maple tree that might be dieing and im hoping it can be saved. about 3 years ago a few branches broke off in a storm. I did not repair them properly. Last fall I noticed some of the br

Oak Trees

QuestionI am having trouble with oak trees falling. They look healthy but when they fall, they are decaying inside. I have had two to fall very close to my house. I have wooded area in the back and on one side. Are