At my neighbour’s request, the city of Etobicoke/Toronto just cut down a shade tree of towering height and leaving a stump of about 6′ across. (My guess, the age of the tree was about 100 years or more.) As of…
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On a recent visit to Scotland, I saw a couple instances of the tree shown in the attached photo. The individual branches look similar to a long version of a Hens ‘n Chick. (I couldn’t attach a 2nd picture…
I have a two fold question. First, I have no idea what this tree is so have only been able to perform limited searching. Second, it is sick with something, possibly a fungus? For a couple years now the tree…
My hibiscus tree is 15 feet high but this year is the worst for the centre branches dying. I haven’t pruned them out yet but I do fertilize, water regularly and it usually has a beautiful showing, although the japanese…
I’m hoping you can answer my question in regards to my Rising Sun Redbud. I did have leafhoppers on my tree, but sprayed it about 4 days ago and haven’t seen any since. I do have another problem with the…
Can I prune a pagoda dogwood now (ie in June) or do I have to wait until next spring? The perennials planted below are being badly shaded and I wanted to remove the lower branches.…
Our beautiful hydrangea tree, which is 10 years old and a stunner every year, is shedding leaves. They are turning yellow and have green splotches and black dots on them. This has never happened before. We think the tree may…
I have this tiny long green insect (about 3mm) on the underside of my Rising Sun Redbud leaves. From my research, it appears to look very similar to a leafhopper. Are leafhoppers common on Redbuds and in Ontario. What would…
Hi – I recently renovated my backyard and now I have stone pavers/mulch surrounding my 2 trees. It wasn’t until I finished it that I read about ‘mulch volcanoes’ and keeping the root flare exposed.
I tried to dig as…