Pin Oak green balls

QuestionMy 7 year pin oak tree has developed a 1/4 green round ball on all leaves. They grow into the leaf and on the end of the branch. Ive cut open several of these balls and there is one soft seed or embryo insid

Magnolia tree beside our house

QuestionI have a fairly mature Magnolia tree about 3 1/2 feet from the side of my garage. My A/C unit and electrical box are located very nearby up against the house with lines running down the side of the gar

sudden poor health japanese lettuce leaf red maple

QuestionMy Japanese lettuce leaf red maple tree was in the peak of health last year. However, this spring, the buds appears, but only small sections of the tree bloomed. Most of the branches seem to be a

woodpecker damaging our tree limbs falling off

QuestionWe have a woodpecker that has made tons of holes in our very large tree and one big hole which I think he lives in. heres the bigger problem, we now are having very large limbs/branches just falling down off

Dappled willow near paver sidewalk

QuestionI would like to plant a dappled willow near a paver sidewalk(about 3 feet away). Will the roots be a problem for this location? Thanks for your help. AnswerThe roots will not be a problem with this tree nea

weeping cherry problem

QuestionI have 3 weeping cherries in my yard 2 of them are beautiful the third one is sick. The bark on the tree is dry and peeling off it is also behind the other trees with its bloom the good trees have thei

weeping cherry tree problem

QuestionI have a weeping cherry tree that I planted about 5 years ago. I have had great success with it except for this year. This year half of the tree bloomed and now has leaves and the other half has

White Oak losing leaves

QuestionWe live in North Texas and have several white oaks in our yard. One of the trees is dropping leaves. It did this last Spring also. In the fall I fertilized it. This Spring it budded out and

swamp willow trees

QuestionWe live by the river, we have many swamp willow trees. This type of willow sends off runners every where. What product can help rid us of them? We have tried many products HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AnswerThey are

Heritage River Birch

QuestionMr. Hyland, I recently had a large HRB planted (25) at my home in the north Georgia mountains on Lake Blue Ridge. Tree was planted in Feb. So far we have just a few buds at the top. Very little bark has retu

Problems with our river birch trees

Question Birch trees in trouble Hi Jim, We have two Birch trees each about 25 ft tall, one with 2-trunks and the other with three. Both seem to have some spots which rotted out holes (pics attached). Also th

Japanese Maple and Maple pruning

QuestionFrom your forum: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Trees-739/2009/4/PRUNING- JAPANESE-MAPLE.htm When is the best and safest time to prune a japanese maple? A second question on a regular maple tree: Green

Carpenter ants and silver maple trees

Questionbest way to get rid of the ants oneself? AnswerCarpenter ants nest in trees in one of two situations: 1) in rotted, decayed wood or 2) in the center heartwood section of the tree. In neither case are they h

Hemlock Tree

QuestionWe live in Indiana, and had a person hired to trim our bushes, and he decided to trim our young beautiful Hemlock tree. I couldnt believe that he actually topped the tree, along with just ramdonly cutt

Watering Needs of a Full Grown Ash Tree

QuestionWe live in the Phoenix AZ area and have a full grown Ash tree in our front yard. The tree is over 30 years old. We recently paid some good money to have a fair amount of dead branches removed and a basic tri

Japanese Acers

QuestionI have several acers and just recently I noticed white marks on the trunks. On further investigation the white marks were soft and had the consistency of soft marshmallow and what appeared to be a blac

River Birch leaf loss

QuestionWe live in Potomac, Maryland (suburb of Washington DC) and have a number of large (approx. 23 yrs old) River Birch trees in our heavily landscaped back yard around a large pool. Also have 2 in the front yard

CRYPT MRYTLES TREES

QuestionWHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO FERTILIZE AND CARE FOR CRYPT MRYTLES? AnswerFertilizing Crape myrtles respond to fertilization. Since many types are fairly fast growers and they produce copious blooms they benefit

Large dead section of Mountain Ash tree

QuestionHelp! I just recently discovered that a large section of branches in my Mountain Ash tree (which I believe to be roughly 25 years old) is dead. Like all trees, there are numerous large branch sec

cottonwood tree question

QuestionHello Im wondering if female cottonwoods always drop they re seeds, I have several of them right behind my house and they make a mess in my yard and pool... I dont remember them being so messy 5 years ago wi