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.

Q: The leaves on my newly planted oak tree have numerous holes, and the edges of the leaf are missing. I do not see any insects, but I am worried about the tree. Most of the tree is like this. A: Oaks ...

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 ...

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- Now that the first frost has occurred, it is time to start thinking about pruning oak trees to minimize the spread of oak wilt, a lethal disease affecting oak trees that is ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - In a collaborative effort with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Forest Health Program, the MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic announced it will provide free testing ...

A fatal oak tree disease has resurfaced in two different places in Glenville, three years after state conservation officials cut down oaks in another neighborhood in a bid to eradicate that outbreak.

Michigan, there have been multiple confirmed reports of oak wilt in Isabella, Clare, and Gratiot counties. Even more cases ...

Middlesex, N.Y. (WHAM) - DEC officials with New York state have confirmed that oak wilt has been found in trees in Middlesex, Yates County. The New York State DEC said Tuesday that the disease ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 29 (UPI) --Scientists in Florida have confirmed what some citrus growers suspected for years -- that oak trees could inhibit citrus greening disease, which has brought the once ...