Some would argue there’s nothing better than a live, freshly cut Christmas tree to bring joy and holiday spirit to your home ahead of the jolliest day of the year. The smell of fresh pine, the fun of ...

Days after setting up their live Christmas tree, a Maryland family found mites crawling out of it. They captured video of the bugs. Tree sellers say the infestations are rare, but can happen. So how ...

A new pest in the state is a serious threat to lychee trees, so everyone growing a lychee tree will want to learn how to protect it. This new insect is the Lychee Erinose Mite and goes by the ...

Q: We have almost a dozen Italian cypress trees in our backyard. They seem to be dying, and it’s getting worse. We thought we saw spider webs on some. What would cause this browning, and what can we ...

Here is a good example of the interaction of the environment, trees, and their pests. In a Napa landscape, mixed ornamental planting, with perennials and shrubs, one of four Italian cypress trees ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: We have a large maple tree growing in our lawn. Just this week, we noticed that the leaves are covered in these misshapen, red “balls.” The tree also looks a little sparse on leaves ...

An inspector on a routine hunt for fruit flies was checking a coconut palm tree outside of an office building in Palm Beach Gardens earlier this month when he found a new threat to the state’s $3 ...