Crabapple Trees

I have three crabapple trees that bloomed beautifully in the spring but I’ve noticed that they didn’t leaf out nicely. The leaves seem to be really small. The tree looks sparce. They actually look sickly. I’ve noticed that of other…

Sick Burning Bush

Hi master gardener, The last few years my burning bush has had curling leaves at the tips. This year whole branches have crispy brown leaves. These appeared suddenly. Two weeks ago they were green. It’s in a sunny, south facing…

Black Fungus on Pussy Willow

Hello: I had a pussy willow tree that developed a black fungus on the bark. It looked like black paint had been spilled on the truck and branches. I took the tree down but now there is lots of new…

Infected Pear and Linden Trees

Hello: I have a pear tree several years old. It still produces pears. It has small pears about the size of a nickel on it now. The leaves have these little black spots on the underside of the leave and…

Veggie and Plant Issues

I am adding a few pictures with 3 various problems. The spinach and collard in my vegetable garden has the same problem as I had last year. I have a box with very good organic soil. All my other vegetables…

Plum Tree

Hi! I am sending you a picture of my plum tree. Do you know what the black growth is? What should I do with it? Thank you, Kate

Control of Apple Scab

Greetings. I saw that there this has been some discussion of the control of apple scab that is clearly on a Macintosh apple tree in our yard (planted three years ago and is/was otherwise thriving; seemed to have about 75…

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…

Apple Tree Dying

I’m in Barrie, I have apple tree 8 years old on my back yard. This year tree produce flowers, start to grow fruit and suddenly all leaves and flowers star to dying. Fee branches are dead already. Why this happen,…