A reader from Mohicanville contacted me around June 15 a few years ago to ask aboutthe deformed branches on her sour cherry tree. My reader’s tree had elongated, rough black swellings or knots that ...

The Kwanzan cherry, also known as the Japanese flowering tree, is native to Japan but commonly ... growers will want to watch out for common pests and diseases. These pests include aphids which ...

These diseases are known to affect single branches ... when it comes to cutting the plant back. How to prune a cherry tree Sweet and acid are the two main types of cherry grown in the UK.

Other diseases that may need to be pruned out of ... A cage built from a heavy screen or welded wire can protect a younger cherry tree as it builds stronger bark — use it temporarily, as you ...

The tree is reliable against most cherry diseases. Another commercial favorite like Bing, Lambert cherry tree (Prunus avium 'Lambert') will leave you lip-smacking with its highly saccharine ...

“Every year an infected tree stays in the ground, it could potentially infect additional trees.” Little Cherry Disease is often spread through the grafting and planting of infected tree ...

Other pests and diseases that afflict Japanese cherries include powdery mildew, borers, mites and tent caterpillars. “A Japanese cherry tree in the Chicago area is likely to be high-maintenance ...

It acts as an impermeable layer that prevents insects and diseases from getting to a tree’s interior structures. (How cherry blossoms came to America.) Think of the trunk of a cherry tree ...