With winter's cold days and colder nights keeping us company, an afternoon sitting in front of the fire appeals to me. Instead, I spend a couple of hours raking up the leaves, twigs and deadfall ...

Question: I have an arborist that I consulted about my crabapple tree last year. The problem, which he said is common, must be prevented in the spring. My problem is that he wants to do three ...

We’re entering a busy time of year for our local orchards. The trees are beginning to break their winter dormancy, and the orchards will soon be full of blooms. As your home apple trees begin to grow ...

Apples and persimmons are two of the most popular fruit trees for personal gardens, but they have quite different needs, ...

The majority of phone calls in the Master Gardener office last week were from people who had crabapples that had bloomed beautifully this spring, but were now dropping leaves. Samples brought in to ...

There are hundreds of choices when picking a crabapple tree from the nursery, but an expert says only a handful are resistant to a widespread fungus or other serious diseases. There are hundreds of ...

The problem with many plant diseases is once you notice them it’s often too late. That’s especially true with our trees. We often don’t gaze at the canopies of our trees looking for problems. The ...

Pear scab can attack pear trees in the spring. The fungus overwinters in infected, fallen leaves and in some cases on twigs, according to Jay Pscheidt, a plant pathologist with the Oregon State ...

A. Your tree could have apple scab, a fungal disease that commonly affects crab apples. The disease first starts as velvety black spots, and leaves eventually yellow and drop. It rarely kills a tree, ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits – pears, cherries, figs, plums – are desirable, too, but ...

We have a crab apple tree in our front yard that lost its leaves very early last year (in early July). The previous spring (2009), the tree was gorgeous, but then it lost its leaves very early that ...