Q I gathered acorns from an oak tree in front of my old office that is beautiful deep red in fall. I've never seen a beautiful colored oak! I read how to get them started, but now what? It's January, ...

Gardening season is underway, and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A photo is very helpful. Q: Our oak tree ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Each spring the PPDL receives several samples of oak trees showing curled, twisted, stunted and/or generally ratty looking leaves. When there are holes in the leaves or leaf ...

Spring should be here soon, so pay attention to the weather if you have a lawn service that applies broadleaf herbicides. If you have mature trees (especially oaks) and the weather this spring starts ...

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

Q: I don't know what this is on my oak tree, but is it anything I should be concerned about (see reader's photo)? Should I spray with something? A: Unfortunately, I suspect your tree has hypoxylon ...

Live Oak Trees, like all oak trees grow from seeds, in this case, an acorn. All oak trees also produce catkins which hang down from the oak branches in the spring, pollinate the very small oak flowers ...

Are you seeing brown, dry leaves on trees this spring? They may have been damaged by cold weather. “We didn’t get a hard freeze this spring, but we have had nights that got cold enough for frost,” ...