Apples, pears, crabapples and even some ornamentals are infected by fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease. Fire blight damage is noticeable when infected leaves suddenly turn brown, as if ...

A group of young cedar trees infected with blight - N. Mitchell/Shutterstock There's nothing quite as majestic and imposing as a fully-grown cedar tree with its broad horizontal branches and fragrant ...

Dear Neil: What would be causing my azaleas to lose twigs? A branch will die, and I will snap it off. I spray, and it seems to help for a while, but then another branch dies. What is it, and what can ...

Anthracnose is a fungal disease that takes hold in tree species like maple and sycamore in spring. It is characterized by brown or black splotches that causes leaves to fall off in bad cases. Cool, ...

This spring has provided ideal conditions for fire blight attacks on local pear trees and other susceptible plants. Fire blight is a bacterial disease that is often devastating to both ornamental and ...