Three of my five newly planted apple trees are dying a slow death this summer. The remaining two are in questionable health. Cedar apple rust is the culprit. My apple trees are apparently doomed. The ...

Many homeowners have been startled this spring by strange growths on juniper trees, sprouting orange tentacles like miniature sea anemones. The orange growths are nothing new, according to Sharon ...

Q: I have two apple trees in my yard that have recently developed orange specks on the leaves and started dropping young apples. Chase Weber, Braselton A: I’m confident you are seeing the signs of ...

Kansas City is used to rainy spring days, but with so much rain in the forecast, you may have noticed something strange popping up on some of your trees. It’s an orange or red, alien-looking form, ...

Image of the Day: Cedar-apple Rust Wind shuttles spores released from a gall on an apple tree to a cedar tree in order to complete the life cycle of the devastating cedar-apple rust.

Q: There are a bunch of slimy, disgusting orange growths all over my junipers next to my patio. Please tell me they are not ...

ST. LOUIS — Hikers out among Missouri's trees will soon begin to notice an orange goo encroaching on trunks and even dripping from branches, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.

I was recently sent a photo of what looked like some sort of alien growth on a cedar tree, described by the proud owner of this tree as gelatinous tree anemones. This is an apt description as they do ...

Q: My eastern red cedar has a type of pod growing on several of the stems. This growth occurs in much smaller numbers on some of the other trees. This particular tree appears to be stressed with green ...

Fall leaves are a present, not a problem! They supply everything you need to mulch and feed your landscape. If leaves fall on your lawn, mow them promptly, before they start to smother the grass.

Q: We live on acreage just south of Little Rock. I'm attaching several photos taken today (March 7) of two large cedar trees that have grown naturally on my property (see reader photos). They are at ...