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 ...

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.

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 ...

Turn a leftover tree stump into a unique garden feature with this creative DIY project, complete with tips for safe cutting, ...

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 ...

Q: I'm helping a neighbor with a clump birch that was planted way too close to the driveway and sidewalk. It has six or seven trunks and has been there about 6 years. Three of the trunks are about 3 ...

Q: I have a beautiful 10-foot-tall oak that has provided privacy with its wonderfully dense light green foliage. I enclosed a picture of a rapidly expanding bark rot-looking area that seems to be ...

Our 20-plus foot palm tree has a hole the size of a baseball. We discovered it upon returning to our home after being away for three weeks. It is oozing sap. We’ve had two opposing opinions as to what ...