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 ...

When there are holes in the leaves or leaf edges are missing tissue, we add another symptom name to the mix: tatters. Distorted new growth and tatters are most common on white oaks and may ...

Q: Our oak tree is about 70 feet tall. This spring, it developed dried-out bunches of leaves starting at the ends of the branches. It’s rapidly getting worse, with more branches looking like they’re ...

Other symptoms a sick oak tree might exhibit are fewer or smaller leaves, and the growth of sprouts on the main branches of the tree. But before you will even notice these symptoms, you will see a ...

The past two years, the oak has lost all its leaves in the jasmine. Do I have to remove the tree? The leaves and acorns are a mess. A: That would be, in a plant guy's opinion, extreme overreaction.

Jun. 21—ATHENS — "What's wrong with the leaves on my oak tree? Is my tree dying?" Over the past several weeks, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension offices across north Georgia have ...

You may have seen it: an oak tree whose dry, brown leaves stay put all winter. The phenomenon, called marcescence, is more common in younger trees (and also seen in the oak’s botanical cousin ...