Tag Archives: verticillium wilt

Ailing Carolinian Red Bud

Hi….I live in Toronto, and last Fall I planted a Red Bud ( white blooms ) in my backyard in a part shade location. It is close to 10ft tall, and survived the winter and bloomed. After our recent heat…

Sick Rising Sun Redbud

I’m hoping you can answer my question in regards to my Rising Sun Redbud. I did have leafhoppers on my tree, but sprayed it about 4 days ago and haven’t seen any since. I do have another problem with the…

potato plants

My potato plants were doing very well, then in the past week, one by one, plants are looking like they are wilting or in desperate need of water, yet potato plants right beside them are thriving.  Within one week, half…

Japanese Silk Tree

I have a 13 year old Japanese silk tree planted in a clay and dirt. It gets sun mostly in the afternoon. I had no problems with it. It flowers on the third week of June. This year the leaves…

Ukigumo Maple – Wilt ?

Toronto part shade/sun 4/5 foot high japanese maple planted 2016 Ugi Gumo Its problem appears to be WILT. What can be done to save the tree?…

Japanese Weeping Maple Tree*

Toronto Master Gardeners Re: Japanese weeping maple tree I have two Japanese weeping maple trees is my garden, a red one and a green one. The red maple is about 15 years old. It is about 7 feet high with…

Syringa reticulata ‘ivory silk’*

My syringa reticulate “Ivory silk tree has dead branches & wilted leaves. Could this be verticillium wilt? If so, how would I treat it? We are having a very dry summer so is it possible that it needs a good…