Tag Archives: bacterial wetwood

Bleeding mature Japanese Maple

Hi. I just noticed that my very large (20′) Japanese maple (Bloodgood, I think) seems to be bleeding. At first I thought it was just water that had collected in the crotch but when I mopped up the liquid it…

Magnolia tree stem is black

We have a very old beautiful white Magnolia tree. It was blooming nicely and looks healthy so far. However on the base it is black and wet. We removed some dirt . But still it doesn’t dry out since a…

Peeling white oak

Hi there we have received a white oak from the Toronto tree program.It is located in our west facing garden below a huge maple tree. However I have noted peeling bark recently. I tried to spray it with soap and…