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Pines in Decline?
Calls are coming into Tree Shepherds regarding Pines that are losing limbs and large portions of their crowns with some Pine tree death occurring.
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How to Control Sooty Mold on Crape Myrtles
What Causes the Sooty Mold to Develop? The sooty mold on your crape myrtles is caused by a sap-feeding insect, known as Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (CMBS). The insect’s excrement, known as honeydew, is sugary. Eventually, the sugary honeydew becomes moldy,…
Keys to Managing Emerald Ash Borer Infestation in Your Ash Trees
As mentioned before on this blog, the emerald ash borer (EAB) has been detected in North Texas. If you own any ash trees, they could become infested. And while infestation is not certain, we recommend that you make an inventory…
Fall Webworms – They’re Back in Town
The Fall webworm is a moth that infests Pecans and other hardwood trees and creates unsightly webbing tents on the ends of limbs in the late summer. What you see is the caterpillar life stage of the moth. The caterpillars…
All About Bagworms
Bagworms are tiny little caterpillars that turn into moths. They feed on trees such as Junipers, red cedar's, arborvitae, Leyland Cypress, and other evergreen type trees.
What’s wrong with my Photinias?
With the mild, humid weather North Texas has had recently, Red Tip Photinias have been hit hard with a fungal infection called Entomosporium Leaf Spot. “Leaf Spot” for short. Leaf Spot on Photinias is easily identifiable. These are some of…
Why are My Crape Myrtles Black?
That unappealing black coating on your tree is actually a harmless byproduct of a bug! The black substance is called sooty mold and grows on the waste product of an insect called scale. The mold itself is fairly harmless, more…
What’s Happening to My Live Oak Trees?
This spring (2020) has seen almost every Live Oak in Denton County infected with a disease call Oak Anthracnose. This sound like a terrible disease, but it is really just a nuisance for the trees. This is a fungal disease…
Fire Blight and Ornamental Pears
Every few years, we get a lot of Fire Blight in ornamental pears in Denton County. The disease is caused by a bacteria and enters into the tree’s tissues via open flowers. So, the conditions have to be just right…