Outdoor plants

QuestionHI Jennifer; I moved into a house last year, so I am trying to save what they planted, before I add my plants. On some leaves, there are holes, as if they were being chewed on by bugs. I was told to use soap

Thuja standishii x plicata Green Giant

Question6 years ago we lined our property with these. We love them and they are growing well except that we notice several of the lower branches are turning a brown or rust color. It scares us to t

Rose black spot

QuestionHello. I have rose bushes with bad cases of black spot throughout. I have given them Bayer Advanced Rose 3 in 1 hoping to stop the disease, but it continues to attack. What are my options to get my roses bac

Ponytail Palm White Fuzzy Areas

QuestionMy ponytail palm was very healthy for a year. Now it is getting this white fuzzy, kind of sticky, (for want of a better word) disease on its leaves and in the center bark areas. Some new shoots t

Majesty Palm disease

QuestionHi Jennifer, I have a majesty palm house plant and the leaves turn brown and die shortly after growth. I thought maybe too much water but I barely give it any (1/2 a 16 oz. bottle of water once a week). &nbs

deodor fir

Questionwhy would my well established dedora tree start dying? Is there anything I can do to stop it ? AnswerDear Monica, The only real things that would cause this would be a change in the soil pH, not enough ligh

maple tree infestation?

Question maple tree I have a 25 year old maple tree that began showing signs of a bug infestation or disease last year. There appears to be an entry wound in the truck, and lots of sap? coming out. There is almost n

Hibiscus Care

Question light Hi Ms Melissa, My family member just bought a pot of Hibiscus with single-petalled purple blooms. I read that these plants need full sun to grow well and sadly, my balcony seldom receives full

Fruitless mulberry tree problems

QuestionWe live in Arizona at about 4500 feet elevation and have two 35+ year old fruitless mulberry trees. One is just fine. The other has some limbs with little or no leaves. There are a few five

mimosa tree

QuestionI have 2 beautiful mimosa trees on my property. They are about 100 ft. apart. This year the one at the back of the property is just a stick. Up to this spring it was just fine, I hadnt noticed any kind of ch

Phlox and other plants have white foam

QuestionQUESTION: HI We are only in our 2nd season at our new home and wondering if the soil has some disease. My phlox (which did fine after we planted them last year) are starting to turn yellow at the base

Brown spots

QuestionHi I have two grape vines they are growing fine but every year for about 3 year the produce grapes with brown dots. Then later the grapes then turn all brown and just Shrivel up. Why is this happening and ho

willow tree problems

Questionmy grandma has a willow tree in her yard, she noticed some a white substances coming from the tree so we wiped it off and seen a whole bunch of holes which do a little more research i found that the holes we

willow tree

Questionmy grandma has a willow tree in her yard, she noticed that it had a white substance on it, so she whipped it off and noticed holes under the white substance, after a little investigating i found that what ma

peach spots

Question Peach tree disease What are the spots on these peaches.

Peach Tree diseases

Question Peach tree disease Can you tell me what might cause holes in the leaves of my peach trees, besides insects? AnswerDear Frank, I have looked up all the peach tree diseases and studied your photo, but I am

fruit tree trunk sap

QuestionDear Melissa, I live in arkansas. I had a china cherry tree and noticed one day it was dying. Looked closely and noticed LOTS of SAP coming from the trunk. Too late, it was pretty much gone at this point. So

Purple Coneflowers

QuestionWe planted purple coneflowers last year in our garden. They are in full sun and did beautifully last year. This year they have great looking plants, are ready to bloom and now they are dieing off

Shademaster Locust in Toronto

Question Shademaster Locust I appreciate your help in identifying the problem with our 20 year old Shademaster Locust. This year the tree has less than half of its normal foliage and numerous branches appear to be d

Japanese Red Maple

QuestionI have a Japanese Red Maple that stands about 12 feet tall. When sprouting out leaves this spring, I noticed that some limbs had no leaves at all and other had small cramped crinkly leaves that looked like c