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 ...

Live oak trees have started to drop their leaves. Plant pro, Zander Caruso, from Barton Springs Nursery says the timing is a little early, and it’s a good opportunity to educate people on their ...

Q: My eastern redbud, albeit, leaning, seems to be healthy and has bloomed for several years. I noticed in the spring that it has an area that is moist and weeping on its trunk. Should I be concerned ...

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 ...

I have had so many calls, emails, and texts in the past few weeks from people alarmed about this problem I’ll take the opportunity to explain: Hundreds, maybe thousands of coast live oaks in and ...

A: Not at all. There are people who feel the tannins (oils) in oak and pecan leaves inhibit growth of other plants enough that they shouldn’t be included in compost. That has never been a problem for ...