Flowering cherry tree disease

QuestionOur son sent us a picture of his cherry bloosom tree with this ugly growth near the base of the trunck. It reminds me of the blob of years ago. It looks yellowish, slimmy and like a big irregular

LIve Oak insects

QuestionI have a live oak in south florida that has a insect all over it. It has white on its backs and also what appears to be little spikes on its back as well. Thanks AnswerSounds like one of the tussock moth ca

Blue Rug Wiltoni Juniper?

Questioni have these and ones that are taller junipers, and i have a BAD odor around the front porch where these are growing. i have thought that it was the cats next door spraying in my plants, but the smell seems

Aspen Tree Burrowing Insect Identification

QuestionHello, I need to identify this insect that keeps burrowing into my aspen trees leaving behind holes in the bark. They look like thrips but have an antanae looking fork on their tail. They are more slender th

dwarf lime tree

Questioni have a dwarf lime tree,and at the ends of the branch the end leaves have squigally lines on them. is this some kind of a worm and what can i do AnswerValerie: Check out images on Google for Leafminer. &n

disfigured Gartenmeister Bonstedt Fuschia leaves

QuestionFuschia leaf problem QUESTION: Ive grown Gartenmeister Bonstedt Fuschias for years, both overwintered and purchased from a nursery, and Im plagued by a condition where the leaves at the top of the pla

diseased tree

Question split bark I have a sugar maple that the bark is spliting about a foot off the ground and at seven foot.The tree has a light green fungus shaped like an open flower.Some of the fungus is dry and peels off e

Cleveland Pear Trees

QuestionOur community planted Cleveland Pear trees along our streets about 5 years ago. On my property I have 10 trees planted approximately 50 apart. I live in Maryland, so the weather they see is hot h

OLD cherry tree rotting?

QuestionHi! We have a GORGEOUS old tree by the house..beautiful pink blossoms in the spring....told it was some kind of cherry when we bought the house, and blossoms LOOK like a cherry, but doesnt produce anyt

plum tree fruit

QuestionI have a large crop of fruit ,however the tree has already shed quite a lot of fruit,the fruit it has shed is very small ,hard,red and drops on touch from the branch AnswerHi james, Being we are in di

RED SUNSET MAPLE TREES

QuestionWe have two red sunset maple trees that are in their second year of planting. They are approximately 16 feet tall. They lose leaves at the ends of the top branches during the summer. The top branches

foxtail palm dying

QuestionHello. I have a foxtail palm we planted 1 year ago. It is currently about 15 tall. About 4 weeks ago, the trunk started shrinking into itself about 2 1/2 feet off the ground. The fronds con

yellow something growing in house plant pot

QuestionI have a hmm, philadanderem (mispelled badly) and I just noticed there is a bright yellow something growing in the pot with the plant and I have never ever seen this before. What does this plant have? Will i

Magnolia Bush

QuestionOur Magnolia bush is about 10 years old and was doing well until this summer. There are white fuzzy mounds covering most of all the branches and the branches are turning black and the bush is not doing

problems with jasmin

QuestionIlive in Spain and have a beautiful jasmin which I have had for years.Itis about six foot tall and is full of beautifulsmelling small white flowers, but this summer the leaves have gone brown and it looks as

maple trees in southwestern Michigan

QuestionI have 7-8 large maple trees. Two-three of them have sparse leaves that are prematurely turning red. When a branch broke off in a storm we saw white larvae and ants in the broken area. I am

Lacebark Elm

QuestionWe planted our lacebark elm tree 5 years ago. Something is wrong with it, and we dont know what!! All the leaves turned brown in a matter of two days, and the bark around the trunk is all peeling

pecan tree unusual pealing

QuestionI have several Pecan trees in my back yard in Dallas Texas. One of the trees has bark pealing from the base to near the top from 3 to 8 wide. I have never seen this and thought it may be a fungus

White Oak Disease

QuestionMany of the leaves on our white oak tree have yellow, yellow/pink fuzzy round balls on them. Are these balls an insect? Many of the leaves also have holes in them. Are the fuzzy balls eating the leaves? The

Oak Tree Bore Worms

QuestionWe have a 30-year old oak tree that has been attacked by bore worms. What can I do to save 1/2 of the tree that still has healthy limbs and leaves? Will the worms attack a Japanese Maple that we transp