Neil Sperry answers questions about Chinaberry, crape myrtles, elm, magnolias and more in this week's column.
After a Chinaberry suffers cold damage, it's best to replace the tree with a sturdier species. As Chinaberry trees' branches age, they break easily in wind and ice storms.Q: Why is my Chinaberry tree losing its bark? It also doesn’t look very healthy. I’m seeing tiny black insects on its trunk. I’m watering it carefully in the hopes of saving it. What would you suggest? I haven’t seen you write much about it, and I don’t find much online.
But neither the insects nor the mold will kill the top growth of crape myrtles. Your plants suffered freeze damage. It sounds like, in your case, it was in the December freeze last winter. Here is a link to a web page I actually wrote on how to restore these plants to full beauty: Q: What is happening to the tips of the branches of my elm trees? The ends of the branches are turning brown and dying. Is there anything I can do?Your photos are good, but I can’t see the source of the problem. I suspected it might be twig girdlers. Those adult female beetles lay their eggs in small twigs, then use their very sharp mouthparts to score around and around the twigs until they cut almost completely through them.
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