Three of my five newly planted apple trees are dying a slow death this summer. The remaining two are in questionable health. Cedar apple rust is the culprit. My apple trees are apparently doomed. 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 ...

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 ...

I was recently sent a photo of what looked like some sort of alien growth on a cedar tree, described by the proud owner of this tree as gelatinous tree anemones. This is an apt description as they do ...

Our often-wet springs bring with them the perfect conditions for many plant diseases. While moist weather can create conditions for diseases on many plants, sick trees in the landscape tend to draw ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Cedar apple rust Q • I recently bought property in the country with many cedar trees. Last year I planted two apple trees. This ...

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 ...

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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 ...