Q. We have a pin oak tree that is approximately 30 feet tall. On the north-facing side of the tree there are many wilted leaves, and there are many balls of strange growth. Pictures of the leaves and ...

When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...

CUTLINES - Q: My pin oak tree has lumpy growth on the limbs that someone said were galls. What should I do about this? I don't want to lose my tree. C. B. TulsaA: Oak tree galls come in many forms, ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: Help! I recently discovered these crazy looking things on the leaves of my valley oak tree. I am wondering what is wrong, and what can I do to get rid of them? I know the tree is ...

Plenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky insects make the tree do all the work. “What nerve!” you might say. What … gall! And you’d be right. Oak galls are caused ...

The reason this week’s column is so short is simple. The subject is harmless and there is nothing you can do about it even if you wanted to try. Every few years we have a bumper crop of wooly oak leaf ...

You’re admiring the stalwart limbs and sculpted leaves of your handsome oak tree, and suddenly you see them: warty bulges clustered along the branches like bunches of freaky grapes. There’s no need to ...

Scientists at Rice University recently made a discovery when studying oak trees that is the first of its kind. They discovered a love triangle of sorts between a wasp, an oak tree and a vine. The bad ...

We moved last year and we have a new place with more trees! Trees are an important feature for us. Our new location has two and a half acres. We have five maples and 12 red oaks! We enjoy walking ...

When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: Help! I recently discovered these crazy looking things on the leaves of my valley oak tree. I am wondering what is wrong, and what can I do to get rid of them? I know the tree is ...