a crepe myrtle disease...

QuestionI live in north Texas in the Dallas area. I have 6-8 crepe myrtles (tree to bush size) on my small house property. Only one of my tree size (its 10-15 feet tall, and probably 7 years old# crepes

worms

QuestionAbout a month ago I noticed these worms on my Oleander bush. I took them off and put them in soapy water. I thought that was the end of them. Wrong. I notice some brown leaves today and the

Diseased Crepe Myrtle

QuestionHi, I live Northwest of Houston in Tomball. My crepe myrtle is 2 years old that I have watched grow from a seed from my larger trees. Suddenly about half of the leaves feel like they have b

my plumeria is losing its leaves

QuestionI have a few potted plants in my lania and noticed the leaves were dying. The plants were covered with white bugs (not sure what they are). Now the plants lost all their leaves and the plant actually died. T

replace lemon tree

Questionhello Jennifer, Recently I have lost my lemon and my mandarin tree. The mandarin was suffering from sooty mould which I treated but failed and it passed away. I went in holidays and when i returned noticed t

flies

QuestionWe have a tree in a filed out back and today it was covered in tons of flies and some bees and it all of a sudden looks beat up and like it is forming holes and missing bark i live in northern ohio and dont

Yellow Pine Needles

QuestionI live just east of San Antonio, TX. We have had severe drought conditions over the last year. I have two pine trees that i planted in 2002 and have done really well. I noticed the last wee

Maple trees

QuestionI have two maple trees, one green and one red. I have been getting a lot of Mushroom ? and some type of large fungas under both trees. are these harmful to the trees, pets or humans. these look as if they ar

thuja trees dying

QuestionAbout three weeks age, after a hot, dry summer, two my thuja trees, about 3 years old and five feet high started turning brown at the bottom. Now it has worked it way to the top and it appears the trees are

Diseased calamondin

QuestionHello, my 19-year old potted calamondin tree has very recently shown signs of distress: the base of the many branches is drying up and turning a light yellow/whitish color, then the leaves on these branche

Cycad fronds turning yellow.

QuestionCan you please help. We have 2 huge cycads (they are approx. 13 years old) growing in large pots side by side. Around 5 months ago we transplanted them from a raised garden beds into large pots.  

Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud leaves

Question Lavendar Twist I planted this old Redbud 3 years ago in East Texas, zone 8. It is in a raised bed, gets morning sun & filtered afternoon sun. Each year the leaves have brown, drying edges & some yell

Listeria in cantaloupes

QuestionI would like to know how listeria get into cantaloupe melons, as it has done in America? It seems a bit frightening that organisms can pass into fruit or vegetables. Would appreciate your answer.

plant disease?

Question Trees Hi Melissa, I planted a row of evergreen trees in my backyard last fall. They started off great, and even through a very hot summer in Alabama, never showed much sign of distress. Until a few

Palm Tree disease

QuestionOur palm tree in our back yard is slowly dying. The leaves on the bottom started to yellow then browned. When we looked at the tree, the bottom of the trunk looks wet and we took a closer look an

Ficus Tree

QuestionWe live in San Diego and have a beautiful outside 20+ foot tall Ficus Benjamina Tree. It usually never drops a lot of leaves, but this year it is. Also we noticed that the bark has white powdery areas

basil plant

QuestionI have a basil plant which I keep in my kitchen window. I had one for a year it required alot of water and lasted a year until I went away and it was neglected. I bought two others and the first one ha

marigold disease

Question marigold disease Hi Mellisa my potted marigold are wilting due to reasons unknown to me. I live in North India with temp around 22-30 C.My potting medium is organic compost and garden soil in equal r

diseased apple tree

Questioni have 2 golden delicious apple trees. on is almost dead. the bark has lifted off the truck totally. up till this year it had normal apple, this year very small apples. the tree next to it is starting to sho

marigold wilt

Question marigold disease Hi Jennifer, I am living in north India with tep ranging between 22-30 deg. I have a few potted marigold which are showing some signs of disease.I use organic compost in equal ratio