Sussex Tree

  What is cedar-apple rust? Cedar-apple rust is an interesting disease. It requires both an apple and cedar or juniper to complete its life cycle. On the cedar, the fungus produces reddish-brown galls that are up to golf-ball size on young twigs. During wet weather these galls swell and begin to push out bright orange gelatinous tubular structures. Wind carries fungal spores from these gelatinous...

  What are those webs in my trees? This time of year, particularly after a mild winter, we start to see more and more webs and worms in local trees. A common question we hear customers asking is, ‘what are these webs in my trees??’ The question is entirely warranted of course because with the webs come caterpillars that can cause stress and decline in...

One question that we are often posed with is, “why are the leaves turning black on my shrubs??” It’s a common question because it is a pervasive issue for indigenous plants; however with systematic treatment, the problem is an easily preventable one. The correct answer is that you have scale, and the black on the leaves is the honeydew that is left behind as scale insects...