Kousa Dogwood Sapling

QuestionI planted a Kousa dogwood sapling 2 years ago. It is about 4-5 feet tall. My Aunt thinks I should prune the branches which are near the ground. I think I should leave it alone as the tree w

Follow Up: Brown Velvet Magnolia/Edith Bogue.

QuestionHello again, it has been awhile. I have searched far and wide but can not come up with much on the internet in the way of my tree which was named Brown Velvet a cross between Brackenz Brown Beauty and The In

GREEN MOLD ON ASH TREE

QuestionI have two ash trees in my front yard. One has always been punier than the other (dead branches, not as full, etc.) I just noticed the main trunk of the sickly tree is covered with a green moldy-

Oak wood

QuestionI have cut some oak wood for my girlfriends fire place. We have left it out to season. It now sounds like the wood it being eaten by bugs. It sounds like the wood it cracking almost like water. We live in fl

Sick alder trees

QuestionI have about ten twelve-year old well spaced alder trees located on a lawn in the high desert near Barstow, California. A month ago (when the temperatures reached over 100 degrees for about a week) my

BROKEN WEEPING WILLOW TREE

QuestionWE RECENTLY HAD A VERY BAD STORM WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THAT BROKE TWO LARGE LIMBS OUT IF ONE SIDE OF THE TREE. MY QUESTION IS WILL THE TREE REGROW THE BROKEN LIBS OR WILL I HAVE TO CUT IT DOWN. I REALLY L

Catava trees with worms

QuestionI have 3 older catava trees in my yard and I dont want the worms. Where do they come from and how do I get rid of them before they destroy the leaves each year? I have used a systemic product by Bayer, but i

sap from our Oak, coastal or black

QuestionHi, All of a sudden we are finding sap all over our cars all of which are under our three oak trees. It is sticky and thick, and I have to scrape it off the cars with my nails. Most are in drops,

japanese beetles

QuestionI live in northern Ohio and I have an eleven year old Japanese plum tree that has been eaten alive by Japanese beetles. Last year I treated my lawn for grubs not knowing the correlation between the two

LOCUST TREE ROOTS

QuestionLAST YEAR I HAD FOUR LOCUST TREES CUT DOWN AND THE STUMPS GROUND. THIS YEAR I HAVE MANY SMALL LOCUST SPROUTS POPPING UP ALL OVER MY YARD. I TRIED PULLING UP THE SPROUTS, BUT SOME ARE ANCHORED TO SUBSURFACE R

scrub oak

QuestionI am with a large group of church girls attending a camp up by Kolob Reservoir near Zions Natl. park in Utah. Part of our being able to use this camp is that we help maintain the area and our assignmen

Little leaf Linden Tree

QuestionI have a little leaf linden tree next to my driveway.It seems to be producing a lot more sap this year than others, and all of it is laying on the car parked below. I know I can move the car, thats the smart

Cherry Tree bores

QuestionDo the bores in the tree itself affect the fruit so you can not eat the cherries even though the cherries look perfectly fine?? AnswerNo. Insect borers are in the woody cells of the tree trunk (sometimes th

Oak tree worm

QuestionWe have one inch white worms that are severely eating the leaves of our oak trees. We live in north western PA, rural area. What is this worm and is there anything we can do to eliminate it. &nbs

japanese maple trees

QuestionI have a Japanese maple tree. It has brown spots all over its leaves. Is this tree dead or can it be saved? Thank you for your time. AnswerThese are leaf spot caused by a fungus. I am goin

Crape Myrtle

QuestionI recently moved to a new house in North Carolina and discovered a Crape Myrtle in my yard. It only has one little cluster of blooms and the faded blooms from last year are still on the tree. Should I trim t

Royal Empress Tree root system

QuestionIm planing on planting a royal empress tree in my garden, it would be planted about 20 feet from the pool that has a liner. I was wondering if the roots of the tree will grow to damage the liner? Also how in

Large oak tree drips sap

QuestionI live in Northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area. I have lived in this house for 25 yrs. One of my large oak trees has started dripping a very sticky sap. It also did this last yea

Insects in Globe Willow Tree

QuestionWe planted a Globe Willow in our back yard - west side of the house - about 3 or 4 years ago. Its really a lovely tree but today we found the bark on the truck and on some of the limbs were black - upo

Wild Cherry Leaf Die Off

QuestionMy wild cherry had bag worms in the spring and now many twig branches are leafless, leaves are falling off and the many leaves remaining have small holes in them. I fear gypsy moths but see no activity