My 55 year old lilac bushes have never been trimmed. They hardly bloom the last few years. I know if I trim them now, they will not bloom in the spring. They are so big, now three feet below my power lines. Instead of trimming out the old wood, can I cut them down to four or five feet tall? Will they regrow? Thank you for you help, Cindi

I noticed my mature weeping crab was looking sick. It has a white cotton like mold covering the branches. This past spring, much of the inner branches were dead and there hasn't been a typical amount of growth this year. What is on it and how to I save it? Thank you so much for your help!

I have numerous oak trees, both which and red. A couple years ago, one large tree started turning brown and dried up in a very short time. This year another one a little ways down from it did the same, and now there are a couple more closer to the house, that look like they are doing the same thing. I hate to think of having to cut down all the oak trees. I still have some behind the house. I wondered if it was some sort of bug or fungus. I had them trimmed a couple years ago, and am thinking it may have caused something?? I happened to talk to a neighbor across the cul de sac and he mentioned that a couple years ago he had to cut down his oak trees. That seems to me that something is moving from one to another. HELP. maybe there isn't anything I can do at this point. Please give me some information. Thank you. I live about three miles North of New Market, South of the city. I don;'t have pictures at this point, but can get some.

Hi it’s near the end of the season and my Farfugium are getting these brown areas on the leaf edges. Is this something that requires treatment? And when it gets colder do I cut them back or do they go dormant?

Hi, I had to dig up several coneflowers this summer after they were infected with aster yellows. Now I’ve been pruning my Korean lilac, and I’m concerned that it has aster yellows too. What do you think? Please see attached photos. It’s a lovely old bush and I would hate to dig it up and then find out I was wrong. Thank you!