Aphids and Sunburst Locust*

Our 15’+ sunburst locust tree is covered in aphids and showing signs of yellowing, curling leaves on the tips. It had similar troubles last year with the same leaf symptoms. The tree was planted 3 years ago along with 3…

Small apricot trees growing in pots*

Hello!! I live in Toronto, and I’m trying to grow apricots so I can bring them to our property in Prince Edward county. We started them indoors and eventually, after hardening of course, we brought them to our balcony, but…

Ornamental Cherry Trees*

Our ornamental cherry tree has some dead branches in it, which were there last year too. I think the two very cold winters we had might be the cause. I have been water, water, watering and have added fertilizing spikes…

Irregular Lilac Blossom*

Hi – we are here in Toronto and recently discovered this irregular bloom and stem and foliage on our lilac bush. It’s flat and corduroy looking – see photos below. Do you know what would cause this? Many Thanks!…

Weird stuff on my linden tree leaves*

Hello. I have noticed weird stuff on my linden tree leaves. It comes every year for at least last three years. Some leaves look normal even with that stuff, but others took completely deformed. Overall the whole tree looks good,…

Alberta Spruce*

  Hi I’m in Toronto (Birchmount/Danforth area). I have 3 largish Alberta spruce (the decorator kind, not trees) which were here when I took the property over nearly 5 years ago. They are at the back, north side of my…

Locust Tree – All Branches Dead*

Hello – I planted 4 locust trees at my cottage 4 years ago. Last spring, one of the trees appeared dead (no leaves) in the established branches but had vigorous suckers growing from the trunk all of the way up…

Rehoming a Tree*

Hello! Somehow we have not noticed a tree growing in our front yard, which is now about a meter high. It has been identified as northern catalpa. We absolutely cannot accommodate this beautiful and magnificent but enormous, when mature, tree.…

globe cedar mature 4 meters tall*

cedar is 2 feet from the house.can i remove top portion of entire tree, leaving 1-2 feet of all crown branches? will the tree survive ?…