Mix your own chemical solution at home using this calculation, then drench your trees to halt emerald ash borer infestations in your backyard.

Q: I have been told I have borers in my dogwood tree. What are borers, and what can I do to deal with them? C. J., Tulsa A: Once borers are in a tree, nothing can be done to get rid of them, so the ...

I got a call a few years ago from one of my readers. His Paper Bark Birch was in severe decline. From what I could see, this two-foot-diameter tree was dying. I explained the dire situation of the ...

The most common causes of death for newly planted trees are drowning and planting too deep, but the third most common hazard is bark borer beetles and their larvae, borer worms. These three problems ...

Nearly all shade trees and many shrubs are subject to borer attack, the tunneling of immature beetle or moth larvae through the cambium, sapwood or heartwood of the host plant. Adult insects lay eggs ...

For more than 70 years, the American chestnut tree has, mostly, been absent from the landscape. But historical accounts of ...

Salem crews will soon begin injecting city-owned ash trees with an insecticide to protect them from the emerald ash borer. Residents with city-owned trees adjacent to their homes will soon be getting ...

I usually begin our weekly gardening chats with a little humor, because most of us are in a pretty good mood talking about our yards, vegetable gardens, houseplants and flowerbeds. It’s difficult to ...

Public Enemy No. 1 for Michigan's ash tree - a green, wood-boring beetle from China - now has an enemy of its own. Michigan State University researchers say they've found an insecticide that's deadly ...