elm trees misting everything this year

QuestionHi - We live in High River and have been in our home for almost 24 years and have a phenomenon this year. I park my car in a space up to the front of our house and we have elm trees on the swath betwee

maple trees and aphids

QuestionI have five maple trees lining my corner lot. Two of them have to be over 3 stories tall. They both have something growing on the leaves that look like pimples. Another maple seems to have

Sapsucker Woodpecker Damage on Curly Willow Tree

QuestionWe live in MN and have an eight year old curly willow that was attacked for the first time this Spring by a small woodpecker, drilling small holes in a grid pattern around the tree. Some advice we read on th

Should I leave a weeping willow in a residential neighborhood?

QuestionI just purchased a new home and there is a weeping willow that is about 3 feet tall in the center of the back yard. My lot is 170 feet long by 80 feet wide. It is about 75 feet from the back of m

White oak tree leaf

Question Oak tree leaf I have these growths on my white oak tree leaves. I cant tell if they are some type of leaf bug or what. They have spines on the exterior and are very hard. Could you tell me what they are and

tree branch growth

QuestionHi Jim, Hoping you can settle a discussion question........do tree branches grow with the tree? In other words, if a branch is two feet from the ground today, will the same branch be at that height ten year

Golen Chain Tree

QuestionMy Golden Chain tree leaves have brown spots on them does that mean that it is dieased and can I spray it with some thing to give it a fix AnswerThese are called leaf spot fungi the one most common on Chain

Red maple tree bark decay

Question Red maple tree bark de My red maple tree was planted 2 years ago in a zone very close to a Hwy. Now, it has bark decay which is extending to the base and the leaves are turning yellow with red veins as if w

Coral Japanese Maple, dead limb

Question Dead Coral Japanese Ma We have a dead limb on our Coral Japanese maple. There is a black section right below where the limb died off. Im going to cut it off but would like to know if what happen

riverbirch trees

QuestionWill river birch trees grow in the water in the edge of a pond. I bought several trees about 15 tall and wanted to plant one on a point in the edge of my pond. It will be in about 12 of water mai

Oak tree not sprouting leaves

QuestionHi Jim, I purchased 25 oak trees last April 2009. Most of them have taken to the soil. I used a root stimulater on all of them and have kept them watered more regular than needed due to the drought that we h

sugar maple

QuestionHi, I bought and planted a sugar maple in sept. 2007 in southern NH. It was about 8 feet tall and is about 11-12 feet now. It grew like crazy this spring, up and out. at the end of June I d

worms on river birch

Questionhow do i get rid of worms on a river birch AnswerThis sounds like birch sawfly. They feed in groups and can defoliate a tree. For small trees you can just pick the caterpillars off and destroy them. For lar

summer branch drop

QuestionHow often do you recommend to remove or shorten and lighten long horizontal branches and thin the terminal foliage to reduce the branch weight or cut back long branches to an upright branch closer to the tru

Crepe Mirtle Not Blooming

QuestionWe transplanted our Crepe Myrtle tree a year and a half ago. Last year it bloomed a little. This year nothing so far. We live in Northern Virginia and all the other Crepe Myrtles in the area are blooming. It

transplanting trees

QuestionMy friend planted an ASH tree in her backyard nearly 2 years ago. She says it was a 15 gallon when she bought it. She is losing her home to foreclosure and we are afraid the house will sit vacant for at leas

dying sour cherry tree

QuestionI have a sour cherry tree thats about 10 years old, i did not get any cherries this year, and the tree is dying. I did spray a pesticide this year but not much around the cherry tree, also there are other pl

Birch tree worm infestation

Question worm collage Hello, I live in Virginia Beach, VA, and over the last couple of days I noticed leaves being stripped from my two birch trees. I found a lot of small worms/caterpillars bunched on some of

pecan trees desease we need help

QuestionHello, I recently purchased a property with about 25 huge pecan trees, we bought in the winter so was not sure of their health,, they seem to be having problems,, some have limbs that seem to be rotting off

Globe Willow pruning

Question Tree 2009 I have had my Navajo globe willow for about 2 years, maybe 3, growing great my husband wants to prune the bottom branches, because they are so low...I read somewhere that they will prune the