vinca minor dieback

Questionwe have had beautiful vinca minor covering large parts of of our front yard for at least 20 years and this spring about 98% of it is dead!! we have it on both sides of our macadam driveway. there are little

weeping mulberry

Questionone side of the tree the leaves are suddenly drooping and the mulberries are dry - the other side is just fine and the mulberrries are also fine I live in Houston and it has been very dry. The tr

Golden euonymus disease

Question Infected plant We have a golden euonymus plant and there are white and black bumps all over the leaves and branches. It is making the leaves fall off quickly and its spreading very fast. We tried spraying a

Oak tree fungus

QuestionI have 2 large Interior valley Oak trees in my yard that developed a white powdery fungus on all the new growth, deforming the branches and new leaves. I just also noticed some white , round with no stem mus

Curling Disease

Question Fruit Salad tree I have been having a yearly problem with my Fruit Salad tree (peach, apricot,& santa rosa plum branches). The leaves on one branch ( i think the peach) keep curling up then dropping off. Th

alberta spruce bushes

QuestionWeve had 2 of these for years located in the front of our home. This spring they have developed with a reddish bloom...1 bush almost 3/4 covered and the other about 1/3 covered in this blanket (to my

Pests on banana trees and canaas

QuestionPlease help me....Ive tried alot of things. I have pests that are inside the stalks of my banana trees and they have moved over onto the canaas as well. They are somewhat small, gray/color with w

Cheery trees

QuestionHi,melissa i want know that there are hundreds of ants used to roam on my cheery trees whole day,why this happens can it cause injury to my tree. AnswerDear Vivek, Usually when there are ants around,

Large Spots on Oak Trees

QuestionGood Afternoon~ In the last few days I have noticed large white spots appearing on the trunks of my oak trees. There appears to be a greenish color in the spots and there is no bark where the spots have app

English Fern

QuestionQUESTION: Kathy, I have an English fern that Ive had for over 6 years (brought in during winter). I was trimming and preparing to put it outside. I noticed a white hair covering a large amount of the leaf st

volck oil spray

QuestionIs it Okay to use Volck oil spray on rosemary or other herbs? AnswerDear Mark, It should be ok to use Volck oil spray on the herbs to get rid of overwintered insects in the area, but you shouldnt actually n

Slightly drooping leaves on Chinese Pistache tree

QuestionQUESTION: I planted a 6 foot Chinese Pistache tree a couple of weeks ago. It seems to be doing pretty well. However, the new leaves are slightly drooping. They do not look wilted, but the m

i got a madagascar palm

QuestionI got a madagascar palm (pachupodum)and i dont know how to take care of it and i heard somewhere that it camewith a disease... can u tell me how excetly to take care of it in wichita kansas in the summer, sp

pear trees - knotty pears?

QuestionHi - we bought a home that had 3 pear trees already in place. Last late summer/fall, they produced many pears. They were very sweet and tasty, except the pears were very knotty inside....there was a knot abo

Young oak tree

Question Crack in oak Hello Melissa I have two very very young oak tree in my yard in north central Texas. they has been in the ground for less than a year. I have noticed lots of vertical cracks on the trunk of th

weaping cherry disease

QuestionMy Dwarf weeping Cherry tree is oozing a thick sap like liquid from the trunk. Last year it started and we didnt think much of it but this year the trunk is splitting and the split is oozing and travel

Wilting Lilac Bush

QuestionThis morning when I let my dogs out I noticed how many buds where on one of my Lilacs. About an Hr. later when I went back out, I saw the leaves and buds wilting...or drooping. The other Lilac planted next t

Canadian Hemlock

QuestionHello, I planted a few Canadian Hemlocks last summer, I have one tree that is turning brown on the bottom, My Question is how do I save this tree and can it be saved. AnswerSteve: This may be evidence of tr

leave fungus

Question leave fungus Hello Dr Stephen i hope you are well , i was wondering if you could try and help me with a fungus problem i have with my Stemmadenia littoralis ( Milky Way Tree) I have 3 one year old seedlings

Common holly

QuestionHello I have a common Holly tree in my back garden and for several weeks on certain parts of the tree there is a thick sticky resin coming from the leaves AnswerJohn: Is the resin coming from the leaf or is