misshapen leaves on grapefruit tree

Questionmisshapen grapefruit l QUESTION: Hi, Over the past few weeks, my fairly young grapefruit tree is growing misshapen leaves (see picture). I have some spider mites on a nearby passion vine, but

spots on leaves

Question vine Hi, First of all, thank you for your time on this website; I am consulting it often and have found valuable info on it! Please see attached picture: I have this vine (sorry, dont know the name of it

Is it really Dutch Elm disease

QuestionCan Dutch Elm disease kill crepe myrtles? And if a tree dies from dutch elm, would other trees (albeit different species of elms) also be affected if they were within 10 feet of each other? I hav

hibuscus leaves

QuestionHow do I treat my hibiscus and hollyhock plants. The leaves look like lace and I see small worms. My garden is bird and butterfly friendly. AnswerHi Lynn, Sounds like you have thrips that leave the leaves l

Aloe plant problem - brown stains

Question My aloe Dear Kathy, I would be very grateful for some advice. My aloe vera plant doesnt look very healthy - it has brown-reddish spots on leaves (tops and in the middle). The parts affected look mushy at f

mulching trees

QuestionDear Sir, I have one Dogwood tree and four bradford pears. The dogwood is on the north side of my house and the bradford pears are in a row on the south side with all trees being 20 feet or more away f

sick Crepe Myrtles

QuestionMy husband trimmed my crepe myrtles all of the way back in March. We got beautiful new full growth on all of them. Now all of a sudden all of the new shoots are just falling off. Do you have any idea why? A

bartlet trees

Questioni have beautiful bartlet pears something happen to them this year they bloomed beautful then all of a sudden they lost all there leaves and the leaves turned brown it lookes dead or dormet dont know what hap

white fluffy spots on plants.

QuestionHello, I have white fluffy spots on plants. What is it? & how do I treat it. Thank you AnswerWhen you say white puffy spots on plants. The first

mulberry tree loosing leaves

QuestionI have a mulberry tree that this year all the leaves did not grow in. The branches will be bare except for 4-6 leaves growing on them. There are several branches through out the tree that looks like th

crabapple

QuestionI have a crabapple tree that flowers but is not thick and lush as in past years. Some of the branches are totally bare and the tree itself has little craters all over like sores (greyis/green) I

red acer

QuestionQUESTION: i have like a brown shell with like a white powdery substance growing up the bark of my red acer tree. also the leaves not all look like they have been dipped in bleach ANSWER: Hi Sue It sounds l

jap. red leaf maple

Questionseveral small branches on maples are without leaves and branches are dying.Noted small greenish insects on some of leaves. trees are about twenty yrs. old. Dogwood trees close by have dead branches and what

pomegranate tree/bush

Questionwhy does the blooms continue to fall off of my pomegranate bush after a few days. Bush is about 6yr old and does usually bear 5 or 6 fruit but has many blooms AnswerHi vheath, There are many things that can

indoor palm trees deseases

QuestionI noticed that the leaves of my indoor palm tree bacame sticky and there are a lot of small brown spots everywhere. Can you help me,please? Natasha. AnswerNatasha sounds like aphids.  

Crab Apple Tree - Black Aphids?

QuestionI really am trying to identify what is killing my crab apple tree. Last year we noticed stunted leaves and earlier this spring we noted we had MANY dead branches. We pruned off the dead branches

Curling leaves on schefflera

QuestionI live in San Diego and have an established schefflera in my back yard. Its about 12 feet tall, has several new stalks growing and seems to finally be recovering from a cold snap we had a couple of win

trouble with my ficus

QuestionDear Kathy, Im hoping you can help me, Im at a point with my weeping fig where I dont know what to do anymore. The plant is about 20 years old (it belonged to mother who moved, then spent about 7 yea

asian pear tree

QuestionLast year my asian pear had abundant pears, but this year it has very few pears. I have noticed that the leaves have something that looks like a white thread that completely cover the leaves top and bo

Leaf miner/citrus

QuestionWhat can I use to rid my orange/tangerine trees of leafminer. thankyou for your help AnswerHi Jean, I am using a product called Atomic Grow at my nursery. I have been spraying my citrus in hopes