As you drive around the area and look at trees and shrubs, you will see several species of plants that look pale or yellow in the middle of the summer. For a few plants, such as the sunburst ...

Recently I checked my answering machine to find this message "What is happening to all the maples in Sioux City? They are yellow and little crumbs of sawdust are on the patio furniture." My initial ...

Q: Our Autumn Blaze maples had iron chlorosis last year. An article you wrote prompted us to take action. We bought Medicap iron capsules made for trees online. Following the directions, we drilled ...

Be on the lookout for chlorosis problems in your maple trees. Last year in mid-July a reader inquiry prompted me to look into an abundance of maple trees with yellow leaves. Careful inspection of some ...

It’s fascinating to learn the identity of trees and shrubs. Do you know the easiest way to identify a dogwood? By its bark. Maples are easy to recognize because of their distinctive leaf shape which ...

On recent visit to a local park I noticed some yellow-green oak and maple trees. There are a number of normal cultivated varieties of plants with yellowish or yellow-green leaves. But the yellowish ...

Many of the plants we use in our landscapes have trouble taking up iron from our alkaline soils. There is a lot of the mineral in our soils, but it is locked up in relatively insoluble compounds and ...

Many trees and plants in Indiana suffer from iron deficiency, chlorsis, induced by high (alkaline) soil pH. A symptom from the iron deficiency is the leaf yellowing. Plants suffering from iron ...

Iron chlorosis is a problem that afflicts many trees in our state. I’ve talked to countless homeowners and seen numerous plantings around the Metro with this problem. Iron deficiency in the soil is ...

Trunk injections are one method for treating trees for certain issues. Unfortunately, trunk injection may be used when not needed, leading to unnecessary tree damage and shortening a trees life. Trunk ...