Queen of the night plant

I live in Las Vegas Nevada. Where the temputures can be very and very cold. My Queen of the night plant is dying. I’m sending you a picture hoping you can help. Thank you…

Heptapleurum Arboricola – INDOOR PLANT

My indoor plant (I looked it up and should be called: Heptapleurum Arbicola) is about 2″ tall and has been growing well for the last year. Most of the leaves look healthy but today I noticed that a few seem…

Indoor Gardenia & Clerodendrum thomsoniae plants

Hello. I have questions about these two plants. I have had the Cleodendrum plant for many years and this winter it seems to be struggling. Many of the leaves have turned yellow and have fallen. I land it does not…

Replacing City trees that have died

Hi. As you know the City of Toronto plants a tree in every front yard. My brother had a 60+’ high Little Leaf Linden that died in his small front yard. Since it was a city tree the city cut…

Brown on Spruce needles

Hello Toronto Master Gardeners, Our Black Spruce normally gets brown needles on the inside, which fall off. This is not an issue, normally. But now, there is much more blastiness all over the tree. Kindly see attached. Is this just…

Hibiscus stem turned brown/black

Hi, I transplanted a Summerific Hibiscus (Ballet Slippers) in early fall, but its leaves started falling off, and now most of the stem has turned into brown/black. My other hibiscus that I transplanted at the same time have also fallen…

Apple pests/diseases

I have 1 Honeycrisp and 1 Empire Apple tree in my backyard. I’ve had trouble in the past with codling moth – they are a problem every year. I put out molasses and cider traps in the spring along with…

Using Disease and Blackspot Control Fungicide

Hi there, we bought a house this year and the house came with a rose bed in the backyard. I believe they are Australian roses (but I might be wrong). The roses has some sort of a pest since almost…

Tomato leaf disease

This summer, as with many years past, I nurtured three tomato plants on my south-facing balcony. Two were Roma tomatoes, and, for the first time, I experimented with growing an heirloom tomato (featured in the bottom left picture). Around mid-summer,…

Diseased tree and plant beneath it

Hello, We have a huge maple ( Norway?) which shades a rock garden on a hill in the backyard. We live in Scarborough southwest 1.4 kms from the lake. This year most of the leaves have a raised bump as…