Over-the-counter gels provide temporary pain relief for both minor and moderate cankers. They feature an anesthetic called benzocaine that numbs the affected area. They also shield the canker from ...

Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects a number of fruit trees. Learn how to identify the disease quickly and give your trees the treatment they need.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Have you ever noticed how much tree bark varies in texture, color and pattern? If your answer is “no,” I ...

Compared to minor canker sores, so-called “major” cankers are larger and occur more often. “It’s to the point where the patient is never ulcer free, and it affects their quality of life ...

Hanson, extension horticulture educator at the Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Systems, University of ...

During National Invasive species Awareness Week, Michigan officials continue working to prevent the spread of invasive ...

Let’s get started. As mentioned, gummosis is very common in stone fruits such as peach, plum, cherry, and apricot. It’s the sap oozing from cankers or wounds on trees. The biotic cause of peach fungus ...

Pruning woody plants: Red- and yellow-twig dogwood and shrub willows are prone to canker diseases that infect the branches, causing discolored sunken areas in the bark while ninebark and lilac shrubs ...

Erl SvendsenSaskatchewan Perennial SocietyEven though there’s still snow on the ground, it’s not too early to start working ...