Question
i cut back my snowball tree in the fall and has been doing excellent over the past few weeks BUT the leases appear to be browning and eaten what can i do?  it is early spring here.  also have a greenspan littleleaf linden something looks to be eating that as well leaves are curling up and turning a bit brown

Answer
Hi Sandy, Usually brown tips on a plant are fertilizer burn or over watering.  Eating the leaves could be snails or grasshoppers. Middle of the leaves are snails or slugs and the outside grasshoppers.  Pure Neem Oil is an organic remedy for those creatures.   kathy