Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

MISSOURI (KSNF/KODE) — University of Missouri Extension’s Plant Diagnostic Clinic, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), is offering free testing for all common oak tree ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

If you spend enough time looking at and working with plants, you’ll inevitably come across galls. Galls are abnormal growths and can be caused by a variety of different organisms, including insects ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Some lawn maintenance is recommended now that the leaves have fallen. Experts explained why this is the best time of year to prune your trees to avoid a deadly tree ...

During the period between April 15 and July 15, beetles actively carry spores of fungus from tree to tree, meaning oak trees are at high risk for infection with oak wilt. Oak trees with wounds in ...

Q: I'm sending a picture of a bush to ask if you can identify it. Our son trimmed it last fall and it's grown back quickly as you can see. Would appreciate any info you can provide. A: The plant in ...

Q: We have oaks all around our property and it sounds like someone is popping corn in the woods when we walk out among the trees. When we investigated further we found these little brown “seeds” ...