Have you seen something that looks like snowflakes on leaves or branches? If you take a closer look at the white floof, you’ll see that they’re actually insects.Asian woolly hackberry aphids can be ...

Q: I have a hackberry tree that has started to grow in the middle of a rose bush. The ground is dry, hard caliche. For the past three years, we have suffered through a drought. I appreciate any tree ...

Answer: Your tree has galls. Hackberries are great native trees that are tolerant of many temperature, soil condition and moisture extremes. They have a few problems that are mostly cosmetic. The gall ...

When I'm talking to people about pruning trees, one of the topics I will sometimes bring up is pruning away branches that are going to be a future problem. For the most part, trees are fairly good ...