Boston Ivy is wilting

QuestionIn the last week our Boston Ivy has started to wilt as though it were dying. The vine covers two sides of our brick home. I planted it approximately 20 years ago. I feed it in the Spring an

dying western yew

QuestionHello. In my yard, which is located in NJ, resides a western yew tree. The leaves are turning yellow, which makes me think it is dying. Also, in the bark, there are a series of small holes, so I think this m

Apricot Tree Diseases

QuestionI have an apricot tree that has white spots on the back of the leaf along the lines that radiate from the center line. It appears to move out from these lines to cover most of the back of the leaf. &nb

Pastacio Tree has nuts with no nuts in them?

QuestionHello, My Pistacio Tree has nut shells with no nuts in them at harvest?The trees are 10 years old and no nut in the shell at harvest. This is 4-5 years now. Thanks AnswerDear Chris, I actually had to do qui

Pistacio Tree has nuts with no nuts in them?

QuestionHello, My Pistacio Tree has nut shells with no nuts in them at harvest?The trees are 10 years old and no nut in the shell at harvest. This is 4-5 years now. Thanks AnswerHi Chris, Just a thought here

Pink colouring on my Lemon Thym

QuestionQUESTION: Hi there Im wondering if you can help me. I recently bought assorted thymes to plant around my back garden. And one of the lemon thymes has a problem. It started off on one side of the plant and i

Holly

QuestionQUESTION: Dr. Vann, I recently purchased a couple of holly bushes ( yellow variety). The leaves are turning brown and drying. I have been watering and the soil seems moist. Could it be something different th

Decay inside maple tree

QuestionTree hollow decay QUESTION: Recently I had storm damage to a maple tree. The winds split the tree down the middle exposing what appears to be decaying materials in the hollow of the tree.  

Forsythia dying

QuestionWe have a rather large section of forsythia and it is dying. The leaves are wilting and falling off. I can see no sign of galls or fungus. It is on the side of a slope, and the side toward

Brown Spots on Hydrangea

QuestionHydrangea Spots QUESTION: i am sending some pictures of this hydrangea. other than the brown spots some leaves have been curling. HELP ANSWER: Lee: From your image, I do not recognize any particular

Black Spots on Sago Palm

QuestionThe sago palm in my front yard was flourishing. It is in partial shade. In the past 2 weeks I noticed that several of the stems and leaves are dying and turning brown. Also some of the leav

unknown plant disease on tree

Question This is what it looks hi, i have a hawthorn tree in my yard. i live in Edmonton Alberta, and its zone 3b, but its also borderline 3a. the tree has strange fuzzy squiggles on the top of the leaves. theyre o

AfricanSumac

QuestionPlanted a 5 gal African Sumac 3 years ago and it grew very good and have 4 branches from the bottom of the tree to have multi trunks of which are growing very green and good but the top of the tree appears t

Holly bush with black powder and white spots

Question Holly leaf black powde I have two holly bushes with black powder on the leaves and stems and coating the gravel underneath. The underside of the leaves have white, scaly spots, and some tan-colored sp

gloxinia

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, my gloxinia developed many flower buds and have several flowers. However, it is stopped growing/opening unopened flower buds and now they became round and are turning brown. What is it and what

Lilac tree or bush?

QuestionI havent pruned my Lilac tree/or maybe it s/be a bush. When I prune it, do I do it like a rose bush, where a leaf growth starts on the limb? Its about three years old. It did have a very sh

Yellow leaves on lemon tree

QuestionQUESTION: I live in south of Spain and in my small back yard have a lemon tree which was fine since last 5 years. But since last year the leaves have turned yellow and there are very few leaves on the tree.

curling grape leafs

QuestionI need to know how to stop my grape vine leaves from curling. Your help will greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch Carla AnswerDear Carla, The first thing to do is to determine why the grape leaves are

Orchid ID

Question orchid Hi Ms Melissa, How are you doing? What are your recent gardening exploits? May I know whats the ID of this dendrobium of which Ive been growing for about 4 years. Its a prolific bloomer thoug

Jasmine In Bloom

QuestionHi Ms Melissa, My single petal and double petal jasmines bloomed recently. I thought it might be great to share with you their beauty:) https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150149460114058.26