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 ...

If you have cedar trees in your landscape it may be a good time to go look at them. You may notice a large orange mass with projections all over it. Aliens have not landed, so do not be alarmed! It is ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. An example of cedar apple rust gall Q • What are the strange, brown, globular growths on my juniper? Cedar-apple rust ...

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 ...

Fruit trees will soon bud out. If a tree had a fungal leaf disease last season, and it resulted in severe and early leaf loss, spring is an important time to apply fungicides if that is the control ...