palm plant disease

Question palm plant I was given a beautiful palm house plant with very large fronds and I noticed that there are white bubbly things on the front of the fronds. What are they and what can I do? I assume this is not

loquat diseases

QuestionWe have a 4 year old loquat tree whos leaves have suddenly started turning yellow and then brown and dying. One branch has already totally died and now the others are starting to do the same. Up to this poin

tiny green bug possibly eating mango houseplant leaf

QuestionQUESTION: i have a couple of 2 month old mango houseplants that look like somethingss eating some leaf... i see sometimes some sort of bright green very tiny bug below the leaf - looks like a micro grasshop

CRIMSON/OCTOBER GLORY MAPLE

QuestionQUESTION: I LIVE IN LONG ISLAND, NY. I PLANTED A CRIMSON KING AND AN OCTOBER GLORY IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. THE WEATHER THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN VERY MILE AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF RAIN. THE TREES WE

Willow Leaves Spotting, Yellowing and Dropping

QuestionI have several weeping willows in my yard (south-central Tennessee). The largest is about 20 feet tall and four years old. The leaves have developed small, dark spots, and then the leaves yellow and drop. I

Tulip poplar issue

QuestionHi, we have several tall tulip poplars on our property and recently we noticed that a tree on our front lawn has developed a wet line going down the front of the tree. My wife believes that this weeping issu

Aspen Tree problems

QuestionI just noticed that several of our Quaking Aspen trees have sawdust at their bases and it appears that there are some holes in the trunk of the trees. The foliage is still green. I have other types of trees:

Potted Plant Problem

QuestionI noticed that one of my potted house plants had white spheres that were growing on the roots and that continued to spread through the whole pot, multiplying each day. I thought maybe it was a fungus and tri

Tulip Poplar Tree

QuestionI am trying to determine if our tulip tree is diseased and should be cut down. It was on the property and quite huge when we bought this house over 45 years ago. I would say that it is at least 70 feet high.

Queen sago root system

QuestionI have a queen sago in a pot and would like to plant this in the small planter (about a 1/4 circle, six feet long x 4 feet at its widest) inside the screened area of our pool. Does the root system grow

corkscrew willow disease

QuestionI have a corkscrew willow which has black spots on the leaves. Whats the remedy? AnswerFletcher: If it is a big tree, best to maintain good fertility (based on recent soil test) and ample water. &nbs

japanese Maple disease

QuestionQUESTION: I have Bonfire Japanese Maple that is about 3 years old. Suddenly entire branches are dead or dying. Is there a way to rescue this tree or is it hopeless. I live in Seattle

plants dying

QuestionIn a section of my flower bed there is something killing my azalea bush and adjacent to it my Texas Jasmine (not in same bed) is dying, and then adjacent to that a gardenia(not in same bed) is dying. W

Japanese Bloodgood Mapletree

QuestionI have a damaged Bloodgood Japanese Maple. This tree was hit by a commercial truck. The tree has no main trunk but instead had six trunks or main limbs starting at ground level. Two of these main trunks sixt

Willow Tree=follow-up info

QuestionQUESTION: I have what seems to be a cocoon in every tree branch of my willow with the other leaves nibbled off. What can I do? Will the willow tree die from this? I have been battling japan

Live Oak disease?

QuestionMy parents have an oak tree that developed a small split in the base of the trunk and has progressively become larger over the past year. The vertical split is about 1.5 down the trunk and about 1 in width.

irregular, curly, distorted growth

QuestionHi, I am a professional gardener in central California and Id like to try to describe a phenomenon that Ive seen occur in a number of different plants, specifically citrus, francoa and asiatic lilies.

leaves falling of my pencil holly

QuestionQUESTION: THe leaves are falling off my pencil tree holly. Ive had it in a pot at my front door for 3 years and now it seems that the leaves are falling off and Im wondering if its dyeing. Put it has new lea

Tulip Poplar

QuestionQUESTION: 15 year old tree leaves are turning yellow and some brown with veins turning black. Tree is shedding leaves now. Live in Michigan and have this tree in my front yard. Nothing has

Crab apple tree

QuestionI have 3 crabapple trees and all have lost the majority of their leaves to something that has eaten them. The stems are left on the branches. I have read you advice to other questions concerning the crab app