little gem magnolia

QuestionI have a little gem magnolia tree planted in the ground,in full sun at my south carolina home.Almost all the leaves are covered in black powder. It does not wipe off but will scrape off with your

Bonita Ash Tree

QuestionWe have a young Bonita Ash that has not begun to bud yet, even though everything else around has started. I was looking at it and saw some long splits on the trunk in various places. At first I t

yukka tree

Questionhello melissa, im writing to find out if my yukka plant/tree is dying. we had a hard winter this year and all the leaves have fallen off. also there is a dark stain on parts and a orange sap with white

Fruit Trees

Question Plum I have plum trees and last year I was told they have scales. I have treated them with an oil fungus spray as the HD people have told me. However, I noticed yesterday that there is a jelly like su

Arborvitae emerald greens with gaping holes

QuestionWe had 20 of the emerald greens planted in our front yard to create a barrier against the traffic noise 2 1/2 yrs ago. They took well and so far so good. However, we have been noticing that they are not full

yellowing of lemon tree leaves

Questionleaves having spots. QUESTION: Dear sir, i am living in Punjab state in India, my lemon trees leaves are developing yellow spots and in very short period this spot grows

Japanese Beetles

QuestionWhat would you recommend to help eliminate Japanese beetles. Last summer they attached themselves to my purple sand cherries AnswerIf you are not dealing with many Japanese beetles, you can use hand r

Mystery Fungus

QuestionMy mother, who lives in Ohio, called me this morning with a request that I do a web search fro her. She has several Hibiscus trees growing in her back yard. They grow to approximately 5-7 ft tall, and produc

Bare spots in bark on mimosa tree.

QuestionI live in the Ft. Worth,TX area and have a large mimosa tree which has developed bare spots in the bark on several limbs. They do not appear to have been gnawed. What could have caused this? AnswerMelvin: T

live oak trunk blackness

QuestionI have a very young live oak with a black trunk and cracks in the trunk, can i save it and how? already put a fungicide on it and saw a fire ant pile at its base, AnswerDear Jeff, This doesnt sound good. &n

Emerald Green Arborvitae

QuestionHello, Three years age I planted 15 arborvitae ( in 5 groups of 3) accross the back of our property and all have done well until this spring when we noticed that two of these groups are brown. \\What is the

dead quaking aspen tree

QuestionSix years ago, we planted a grove of six 10 tall quaking aspen trees. They seemed healthy, except one had some branches that died last summer. This winter, during a fairly strong wind, that tree,

Maple autumn blaze

QuestionWe just bought a house in november in Amarillo texas... We have these twigs for trees in our front yard! I am not sure when they were planted but the tag says maple autumn blaze.. And the house was built in

Pittosporum White growth

QuestionQUESTION: I have 1 year old pittosporum, probably 2-3 tall. For the last 7-8 months I have noticed a white marshmellowy growth. The white stuff is in ball shapes and is clustered around the leaves. I have sp

Drake Elm Budding

QuestionI have several young Drake Elms (planted 2 yrs ago) and they all have budded out. One of them has one of the branches or about 25% of the total crown that has budded out but has stopped (tiny leaves) while t

ORANGE TREE NEEDS HELP

QuestionWHATS WRONG WITH MY ORANGE TREE AND HOW DO I FIX IT? MY ORANGE TREE APPEARS TO BE DYING. ALL THE LEAVES GRADUALLY FELL OFF AND IT LOOKED DEAD. THEN NEW LITTLE LIMBS BEGAN TO GROW. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING

Apricot Trees

QuestionI have planted 4 Apricots over the past 5 years and all of them have died. The leaves wilt... over the whole tree.. and once that happens, theres no helping them. Before that happens, there is no sign

Myer Lemon not bearing fruit

QuestionI live in Florida & planted a Meyer Lemon tree almost 2 years ago. There were 3 lemons on it when I bought it , since then I have only had 1 lemon. Just a few weeks ago it was full of blooms but all the litt

Southern Live Oak

Question Spotty Leaves1 We live in Williamsburg, Virginia and we have a Southern Live Oak that is about 8 years old. We are seeing that the leaves are getting spotty, then they turn brown and fall off. T

baby crepe myrtle

QuestionI grew a baby crepe from seed in nov this past year it was doing beautiful about 3 -4 in high it began to get a few yellow leaves that dropped off so I gave it a smiggen of miracle grow which didnt help more