Q: I have two apple trees in my yard that have recently developed orange specks on the leaves and started dropping young apples. Chase Weber, Braselton A: I’m confident you are seeing the signs of ...

Shown here is an intimidating and odd-looking fungal growth attached to a cedar branch. It is called cedar apple rust. The airborne spores growing on the leaves and fruit of an apple tree will infect ...

I got an email last week with a couple of photos about cedar trees. The trees had some kind of orange slimy growth and the person was afraid it was going to kill the trees. The cedars are 25 years old ...

With our recent rainy weather, you may have noticed bright orange orbs with gelatinous tendrils on our native eastern red cedar and ornamental cedars (Juniperus spp.). These are the galls of the cedar ...

After last season’s drought, I know I shouldn’t complain about rain but come on — give me a break! The earlier part of this past week has been brutal if you prefer the sun. However, we need the water ...

The leaves of my apple tree have odd spots on them. What is this and what can I do about it? Although there are other possibilities, cedar-apple rust is a possibility, given your description, the wet ...

Some of us are starting to notice yellow-orange spots on the leaves of their ornamental or fruiting pear trees. These spots begin in the late spring on the upper surface of leaves, approximately 1/8 ...

Have you noticed the orange globs on some of the Eastern red cedar trees in the Skiatook area? It’s caused by a fungus known as cedar-apple rust, also called juniper-apple rust, since red cedars are ...

Cedar apple rust is a fungal pathogen that gets its name from a life cycle infecting cedar trees, then plants in the Rose family and back again. This year, spring weather conditions promoted the ...

You may see large orange looking balls on cedar trees showing up at this time of the year. If you look closely, you will find a round brown gall about the size of a quarter that encircles a branch.