Red Orange Leaves on Serviceberry in June

What is making the leaves turn orange and dropping off my Serviceberry. About a week ago -end of May, we had about 4 days of rain, but it has been dry for about a week. I have two pictures I…

Ukigumo Maple – Wilt ?

Toronto part shade/sun 4/5 foot high japanese maple planted 2016 Ugi Gumo Its problem appears to be WILT. What can be done to save the tree?…

Bark Peeling on Serviceberry

My serviceberry is 10 years old and the bark is pealing on the old growth. Although some of the branches have died it still has lots of green leaves on the remaining branches and also has new growth from runners.…

Spots on maple leaf- disease?

Our old silver maple has dark spots on all its leaves this year do you know what is causing it? Is it a disease?  

Pale Green Maple Keys

Help! Do I have to remove the new pale green maple keys from the new soil so they won’t germinate? We are having new sod put down. At the moment the old sod is off, the ground is levelled and…

Hornbeam Disease

I have a hedge of about 80 hornbeam trees. They have significant number of inner branches that are dead, with black spots in them.  The branches seem to be killed by the black fungus, starting at the tip of the…

Toronto Tree Planting Notice

There are 2 mighty Austrian Pines between the 2 arms of my semi-circular driveway (which we originally planted ourselves, transporting them in a station wagon). Later we had a crab apple tree planted between them. It eventually became kind of…

Japanese Yew yellowing *

In Toronto. Zone 5 – 6. I have three Japanese yews, pyramid shaped planted to be a barrier from public scrutiny. Two are flourishing. Replaced the third twice. The needles yellow and the plant slowly dies. The soil is basically…