Apple trees face several diseases that can affect their productivity, but this shouldn't deter you from planting and enjoying these fruit trees in your own backyard. While diseases from bacteria and ...

This has been one of the worst years for disease that I can remember as a gardener. Both here at the Garden and throughout the Chicago area, I have noticed many crabapples as well as serviceberries ...

Q. I know that flowering crabs are subject to injury from fire blight. My crab is resistant to apple scab disease, but it is looking pretty sick now having lost maybe 1/3rd of its leaves, so I am ...

If you’re considering adding an apple tree to your home landscape this spring, it’s important to choose an appropriate variety. “The particular variety you plant will affect how many apples you ...

Q: Can you tell me what is wrong with my crab apple tree, and what I should do about it? The leaves started turning yellow earlier this summer and now there are hardly any leaves left. It looks awful.

Q. The apples on our Prairie Magic tree have round black spots. At first I thought it was bruising from hail but it's also near the bottom of some fruit, where hail couldn't hit. What is this damage ...

Q: I have a white flowering crab that we’ve had for about 20 years. Can you tell me what could possibly be wrong that’s causing the leaf problems, and is there anything I can do? — Christine W. A: We ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — In your own yard or driving around looking at someone else's trees, you might have noticed that crabapples look terrible this year. Absolutely terrible. The culprit is a fungal ...

The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published article in the journal Microbial Ecology reveals that ants combat a range of plant diseases, ...

When it comes to planting trees for small spaces, you can't go wrong with choosing from the many dwarf fruit trees that are perfect for a smaller yard. Renters and homeowners alike can plant these ...