Crooked Willow bugs

QuestionI recently cut a lot of dead branches out of a 30 foot crooked willow that is on our front lawn, and since then, the tree looks bad. A lot of dead leaves, and on close inspection has what looks like me

Mulberry Trees

QuestionWhen is the best time of year to prune a Mulberry tree. Ours is located in Perth Western Australia and is a young tree that fruited properly for the first time 2 seasons ago.I think we cut it back too much l

My weeping cherry tree is in trouble

QuestionHi. I recently purchased a Snow Fountain weeping cherry tree from Lowes. It is approximately six feet tall. I live in West Virginia and this spring we have experienced an unusually large amount of rain

Silver Maple in Distress

QuestionMy silver maple tree is 15 years old. We live in Indiana. The bark started splitting during the winter. Now around 2 feet of bark is missing showing smooth wood.We saw some worms under the bark that fell off

Red maple roots in sewer line

QuestionQUESTION: You answered question about Red maple roots in sewer line and recommend to use copper sulfate to kill the hair roots. The copper sulfate is applied by flushing a significant quantity, usually 2 t

help my street

QuestionHi, I have a neighbor that has a tree that grows a cotton like substance. The tree is at least 20 ft tall.When there is a breeze out side the hole neighbor hood gets covered with what we all agreed was

Catalba Worm

QuestionWhere can I find a Catalba tree. they are grown for the worms as fishing bait AnswerYou could try your local nursery or here is a web link to a couple of nurseries that sell them. http://www.tytyga.com/p

Fertilizing a Japanese Maple Tree

QuestionI would like to know what type of Miracle-gro tree fertilizer spikes are better for a Japanese Maple tree. Should I use the regular tree spikes or the evergreen spikes? I contacted Miracle-Gro tw

crepe myrtle sucker

QuestionI have a 20-25 foot tall white crepe myrtle that sends a multitude of suckers up from around the base of the tree. I keep cutting them back with my week whacker, but they always return and usually even thick

Difference between stress & cercospora

Question diseased leyland cypre How can one tell the difference between stress and cerospora on leyland cypree trees? Three in my back yard and are having the inner needles turn brown and fall off. Two y

Crabapple trees

QuestionHi Jim, I have a five year old crabapple tree that has always produced beautiful pink flowers...this year, nothing. I did prune it, as always right before spring and it looks healthy and it has definit

Sap On maple leaves

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Maple Tree Not sure what kind. The leaves are green in early spring and turns very dark red from early summer on. Some leaves are now falling off. The leaves are covered in Sap. In fact mo

sapping magnolia

Questionwe have a 75 yr old beautiful magnolia tree in our front yard that is sapping like crazy! it feels like its raining when you stand under it. we are almost sure it has magnolia scale but they dont look like t

Washingtonia Robusta Palm

QuestionWe live in a beach town in Southern California. The palm trees that surround many of our historic buildings were planted in the late 1920s and are very, very tall. One of those trees, in the courtyard of a h

weed wacker damage to new evergreen tree

Questionsadly for me i damaged my new (3 yrs old) evergreen tree. it was dusk, i wanted to finish the job, the metal protection dealy had fallen away etc...potential for disaster there i wss! the grass was s

Black Spurge

QuestionHave you heard anything about Black Spurge disease on fruitless mulberry trees? I live in the desert south-west. Is there a treatment for the disease? Thanks for your time and info. Jerry AnswerI am

Sap

QuestionWe trimmed our maple tree last year and now we have sap dripping all over our deck. Is there anything that I can use to stop the sap from dripping?? AnswerIf the sap is dropping from the pruned stubs or wou

mold in oak trees

Question I had a limb that fell off it had purple between the bark, could that be some kind of mold or mildrew. AnswerAfter a tree limb dies there are many different decay fungi that will infect the woody cells. Th

Scrub Oak disease

QuestionI live in Colorado and some of the scrub oak in my yard appears to have a disease. There are dark abnormal growths that are forming on the trunks and branches of the tress. What is this and shoul

Orange Dust on Ash Tree

QuestionI have an ash tree that is about 7 years old. I recently noticed several leaves with a splotch of bright orange dust on them. What could this be? AnswerSounds like Ash Leaf Rust. The dust will b