Posts by Eden Keeper

The ants are probably after aphids, which they actually farm like dairy cows.  There are safer (organic) products like insecticidal soap and oil spray for aphids as well as biological controls such as aphid predators that are...

Due to both the presence of mature leaves and lack of the indention at the tip of the petals/bracts, which protect the flower bud(s) through the winter, it is probably a kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa Hance, rather than a flowering...

If saturated soil didn't cause it then apparently either weed killer (note possible ring of dead grass at the edge of mulch indicating glyphosate use) did, or the roots starved when (hidden) damage by (peach) borers or anything else...

I'm actually here just for the tree ID starting with this one that brought me when I searched for tree ID forums.  Although I've never actually seen one it is probably a black poui, Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don, which is the most...