The sapsucker woodpecker is causing problems in the region, plus other reader inquiries about ash trees dropping leaves and transplanting lilies. A sapsucker woodpecker can cause damage to area trees ...

Q: The Norway Spruce trees that border our yard are dying, and they have holes in the bark. Do you know what could be causing this? Is there anything we can do to stop it and save the ones that are ...

There have been many calls this month to the Duval County Extension Office describing a very unusual pattern of shallow pencil sized holes mysteriously appearing on the trunks of trees all over the ...

Dear Neil: What could be causing these spirals of holes in the trunk of my Lacey oak? The tree seems to be healthy. It had small acorns that dropped early, but that might be due to last winter’s cold.

Occasionally, homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good. The presence of holes usually means that an insect ...

Add repairman to the skills of ants. The super-strength and communicative power of ants are well documented. Ants can lift more than 100 times their body weight and correspond through pheromones and ...

Incorrect pruning, particularly “topping,” is the surest way to ruin a tree. If it doesn’t kill the tree outright, it will result in extremely dense growth at the ends of the chopped-off branches.