Q. We have a pin oak tree that is approximately 30 feet tall. On the north-facing side of the tree there are many wilted leaves, and there are many balls of strange growth. Pictures of the leaves and ...
Plenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky insects make the tree do all the work. “What nerve!” you might say. What … gall! And you’d be right. Oak galls are caused ...
Q: I noticed little fuzzy balls attached to some fallen oak leaves. Also, I keep picking up brown marble-size balls in the yard. They are not acorns. Do you know what they are? A: Odds are what's ...
We have had numerous calls and samples about funny looking "bumps" on the leaves of oak trees. These growths are known as galls, and alarming as they may seem, they do not injure the plant. Galls are ...
DEAR JOAN: There has been much discussion on Nextdoor about oak galls lately, mostly about how the galls are harmless to the tree and that they’re quite prevalent this year on oak trees around ...
While walking around our property this week, I came across two interesting things going on with our pin oak trees. The first thing that caught my eye was what looked like a white grape growing from an ...
This past winter was above-average in temperature. Rarely, if at all, did we have any of those bone-chilling days or nights. As a result of the mild winter, people were asking if we would see more ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Oak galls are popping up everywhere this fall! They're the tiny, fuzzy yellow or brown balls on oak leaves and branches. You could spot one or two, then dozens around the same ...
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Oak Tree Galls: Can My Tree Be Saved?
“What is causing these lumps (above) on my live oaks?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Katherine Gerritsen of Grand Cane, Louisiana. Horticultural expert Melinda Myers says, “Abnormal growths on a variety ...
Plenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky insects make the tree do all the work. “What nerve!” you might say. What … gall! And you’d be right. Oak galls are caused ...
Beautyberry peaks in the garden in the coming weeks and months, when this shrub's rich, light purple berries cover the plant like brightly colored jewels. Beautyberry has a loose, arching form that ...
When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...
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