Galls are abnormal plant growths caused by insects, mites, nematodes, fungi, bacteria and viruses. Galls can be caused by feeding or egg-laying of insects and mites. Insect galls rarely affect plant ...

Q: Is this the time to cut off the lower limbs of my 5-year-old trident maple? I didn't want to stress it so much last summer, so I didn't prune it all then. A: This would be an excellent time to ...

The trident maple produces small leaves with three large, pointed lobes (trident means three teeth). It is native to China and Japan.

The red maple (Acer rubrum) that puts on a show nationwide in the fall doesn't do very well here in our alkaline soils, but there are other maples available for use here in North Texas. Some are ...

Q. Two years ago we planted two types of red maple, and they had done well. Now, on one tree, the bark is falling off the trunk but the other tree doesn't have this irregularity.