Q. We have a pin oak tree that is approximately 30 feet tall. On the north-facing side of the tree there are many wilted leaves, and there are many balls of strange growth. Pictures of the leaves and ...

Q: My boyfriend, Steven, is wondering why his pin oak tree is prematurely losing its leaves. It started last year. It seems the leaves are smaller than usual, and they started dropping from the bottom ...

While walking around our property this week, I came across two interesting things going on with our pin oak trees. The first thing that caught my eye was what looked like a white grape growing from an ...

Master gardener Janie Chisholm had been itching for three weeks before she found out that the welts on her neck, torso and the insides of her arms were from oak leaf itch mites that had fallen on her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large oak tree in front of nice neighborhood Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees ...

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.

The leaves are down, winter is upon us, and that means it’s prime time for pruning oak trees, which can be infected by the oak wilt fungus if they’re pruned during the high-risk period mid-March ...

Q: Can you tell me what is growing on my tree leaves? And is this growth causing the leave discoloration I’m seeing? Is my tree in trouble? I’ll drop off a sample. A: The tree Mike described is a pin ...

Bob Lang of Portage Parks holds a burr, leaf, and seed pod from an American chestnut tree found in Kent. The mayor of Akron recently issued a warning to citizens to be on the lookout for a fungus that ...

The fallen leaves and cool temperatures are all signs it’s safe to prune oak trees in Michigan. Oak trees can be infected by the oak wilt fungus if they’re pruned anytime between April 15 through July ...