Schefflera tree

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Stephen, Ive got an indoor schefflera tree that seems to be getting very sticky gooey leaves (and the floor around it is sticky as well.) What is happening? Is this a fungus or insec

weeping mulberry tree male-no fruit

QuestionThe tree is 4 yrs old, I live in Western NY. Late April brings the green leaves. May 17th, I noticed MOST of the leaves have curled up & turned brown! There are some green leaves yet. Is it

Red bugs

QuestionQUESTION: I live in San Antonio Tx. I noticed both last and this year in March/April bugs on our Crepe Myrtle and our Oleanders. Its a 1/4 inch in length is elongated quadrangullar in shape - 1/8 th in

Weeping Mulberry Tree has brown splotches

QuestionKathy, I read your answer from 2009 about brown splotches on a Weeping Mulberry tree in Canada. I live in Missouri. I planted a Weeping Mulberry last spring, it got brown splotches on its leaves and before I

Norwegian Sunset Maple leaves not opening

Question Sunset Maple We have a 3 1/2 yr old Sunset Maple whose leaves didnt open this year. Some of the leaves on the top of the tree barely opened (and are smaller than normal), and a majority of the branches didn

Silver maple - Sparse Leaves

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I have a silver maple that I planted 3 -4 years ago. Its been doing great until this year when the leaf growth is not really there and the tree is not producing and any new shoots. It has leav

Bradford pear bloom then no leaves

Questioni have a bradford pear in the back yard that bloomed in the early spring as normal, dropped the flowers as usual and started to produce leaves, but the leaves never reached full growth. It seems as if

Ataulfo Mango seedling

QuestionQUESTION: My seedling was about a foot tall and something broke the top right off. Now its a stick with 2 leaves. Is it a lost cause? ANSWER: Hi Misti, As long as you still have leaves it should just contin

Sky Pencil Holly rapid leaf drop

QuestionQUESTION: I live in southern Texas. Three months ago I planted numerous Sky Pencil Holly trees and a few small boxwoods. I noticed the boxwoods dropped their lower leaves shortly after planting a

Old locust trees

QuestionHi. I have two very tall locust trees, perhaps 100 years old, in front of our adobe house in northern New Mexico (elevation 7,500 ft.) They seem generally healthy, but the leaf producing branches are spindly

RE: Pachira aquatica

QuestionQUESTION: I inherited a pachira aquatica 5 that sits in the enclosed back room, had it a year. Today I noticed sticky whitish sap like stuff seaping out from the underside of the leaves and at the tips

Holly Plant problems

QuestionSome of our Holly plants have leaves which are browning at the tips. Others have leaves that are a lighter green and some are turning yellow with brown spots. What can we do to return the plant to a dark gre

camellias

QuestionI have a lovely pink camellia and it usually is full of flowers in the early spring . This year was no exception but all of a sudden all the flowers have died and the leaves have become sticky . Some of the

Plum Tree problem

QuestionOur 3 year old plum tree is showing signs of being infested with something. The bark on about 3 branches is raised up, broken and looks like some insect may be bored into it. One of the infested

Chitalpa tree.

QuestionI have followed your instructions to scape the bark of my 5 year old chitalpa tree to find green. It has 4 main trunks. None of the upper branches have leafed out and there is no green until I get to the mai

Maple tree leaf concern.

QuestionHello. I have the what looks like warts on my maple tree leafs. By the end of the season they do put holes through the leafs and also leave a red colour around the hole. I live in Amherstbu

pachira aquatica

QuestionWondering if I have a problem with my plant. I have been noticing tiny clear sticky droplets underside terminal end of some leaves. Also notice it around new growth on stem. There is no sign of insects on th

Jap red maple tree

QuestionCould you please tell me what to do about my Japanese red maple, I have a large section in only the back of the tree which faces my house where the leaves are turning brown and crinkling up, the front

banana tree health

Questionhi,i have a dwarf red banana tree.ive had it for about 1 yr.i live in las vegas ,nv.i put the tree outside in summer and keep it inside the rest of thr time.its been doing great intill just recently.the leav

Diseased lilac tree

QuestionWe have a white lilac tree which is over twenty years old. During that time it very rarely has flowers and over the last five years the leaves look as though they have been burnt. There are flowe