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Clover lawn eaten by Rabbits

I planted white clover in my backyard as it’s resistant to dog urine. It was easy to grow and looked great, until a cute wee rabbit discovered it. It’s having a feast on my clover! Will it recover after being…

Yew tree issue

I have large areas of white stuff on my yew bush which is about 9 years old. I also saw white bugs about 1mm in size, moving. The needles are dying. Please identify and suggest remedies. It is positioned in…

FAST GROWING VINE

Hello, I am looking to grow and train a vine for a privacy screen between yards along the top of existing fences. I currently have 30ft of engelmens ivy that is trained along my back fence (photo attached). It is…

Dogwood (Cornus Florida) dying top down

Hi, My Dogwood tree seem to be dying top down. The leader branch did not get leaves this spring and the bottom ones that did are slowly wilting and possibly dying. The tree has two wounds on the trunk oozing…

Pine bark infection – resubmitted

Hi, I had asked about the white pine bark infection, where bark became white on several branches. Thank you for your answer. I checked the site for White pine blister rust which you suggested, and it seems that this is…

Small white paper-like webbings on cedars

Dear Master Gardeners, I have a wild cedar that seems to be infested with something that is making small (about 5mm) paper-like webby things on the leaves, and slightly bigger webs in cracks in the bark. One branch that has…