Iris/Daylillys

QuestionQUESTION: (too long a thread again!) Steve Glad the photo got through. Early blight is what I presumed I had with the tomato. However, the similarity in appearance with those lesions and those on the iris

CAMELLIA BUSH DISEASE

QuestionLARGE CAMELLIA JAPONICA LEAVES COVERED WITH BLACK SOOTY SUBSTANCE ON TOP OF LEAVES AND ON BRANCH BARK. UNDERSIDE LEAVE SHOWS POWDERY WHITE SPOTS. CAN YOU DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND WHAT TO TREAT WI

Crape Murtle

QuestionI live North East of Houston, and it has been a wet July. My Crepe Murtles are covered with black! I have sprayed them with a fungicide 4 times this summer and still the problem is there. T

cupped leaves on Citrus trees

QuestionHello, I live in Brooklyn, NY and have a variety of citrus trees,(Meyer, Palestine limes, grapefruit and some more). All the plants are potted and are in full sun,they all range from 2-3 yrs old

My beloved sweet peas

QuestionI live in Victoria BC and my sweet peas and garden peas have turned white and are dying. Is this a fungus. The flowers just came out and my clients and I love the scent and now the plant is dying

Pencil Hollies

QuestionMy Pencil Hollies leaves are turning brown at the bottom and in side the plant and falling off. The top is getting new growth. I dont see or feel its mites. What could it be? Thanks!

elm tree

QuestionWe have white barnacle like spots on the underside of branches on a weeping elm tree. It attracks flies and other flying insects. Some of the limbs are black. This tree was planted about five years ago and t

sago plam

Questionhi- in mid july i planted two baby sago palms, in front yard, they recieve bout 7 or 8 hrs of direct sun. i live in central calif, very warm temps, the leaves are tu

Canker on Evergreen

QuestionI have two evergreen trees approximately 3 yrs old. Ive been told they have Canker Disease and that I need to spray Bonide All Seasons Spray Oil on them, prune out the diseased branches, and sterilize my gar

Shumard Oak

QuestionDear Jim, I hope you can help! We recently purchased a 30 gallon Shumard Oak and planted it. We followed the instructions from the tree farm and did NOT prune any of the roots, due to the drought and heat we

Aspen

Question Aspen fuzzies There are white fuzballs on the trunk of many of my apsen. I have tried just washing them off but they always come back. AnswerMike: Difficult to determine if this is an insect or a fungus.

Dracena Marginata

QuestionI have, what was, a handsome plant. It now looks sickly and I have discovered some white fungas like growth at the top of the plants. Do you know what it is and can I treat it? AnswerHi Stephen: Can you

fungus on bonzi (sabago palm)

QuestionI have a bonzied sabago palm and it has a fungus? that looks like little white spots on the palm fronz and base of plant what can I use to help my bonzi? AnswerKeith: Difficult to say w/ seeing your plant.

Minitature orange tree

QuestionQUESTION: Last fall I was given a miniature (or perhaps it is an ornamental) orange tree. I kept it in the house all fall in a south window then in the spring put it outside on a porch where it go the

spotty peaches

QuestionMy neighbor has a peach tree and the peaches have black spots on the flesh and in some places the spots appear be have crystallized on the surface, this will rub off. I am wondering what this may be, t

Crabapple - Haws Apple

QuestionAre Crabapple and Haws Apple the same plant? I have done some research and Haws Apple is good to help heart problems and/or circulation of blood in the body. My research does not distinguish the two plant A

Cleveland Bradford Pear trees

QuestionI have two Cleveland Bradford Pear trees in my front yard. During the spring they bloomed and then all the leaves came out and the tree was beautiful. Then in June I noticed that the leaves were starting to

Gardenia Topiaries

QuestionI have a Gardenia Topiaries that has become infested with ants, regular house ants. They seem to have laid eggs also in the elbows of the branches and the buds fall off before blooming. I have

Marshmellow looking

QuestionQUESTION: I have a two year old Pittosporum Tenuifoluim, about 8-9 feet tall growing in full sun in Southern California. The leaves are turning brown and there is a white marshmallow looking fl

Shrub

QuestionI have some Golden Box Honeysuckle that is 3/4 years old. It has always been healthy but is now dying a branch at a time. The summer has been very hot and dry but I have watered it a lot with wash water (Gra