Q: Something bored holes in lines across the trunk of my California pepper tree. Sap bled from the holes and I thought the tree might die. What should I do? A: The injury on your pepper tree was ...

Occasionally homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good. The presence of holes usually means that an insect ...

Q: Several of my fruit trees have a ring of small holes around the trunk. The ring stretches completely around the trunk and is several inches wide. Do you know what might be the cause and if it kills ...

Have you ever seen neat rows of holes in a maple, pecan or other tree and wondered what made them? Many people might think it was some kind of insect or borer. Both can damage the tree, but one will ...

There have been many calls this month to the Duval County Extension Office describing a very unusual pattern of shallow pencil sized holes mysteriously appearing on the trunks of trees all over the ...

Our 20-plus foot palm tree has a hole the size of a baseball. We discovered it upon returning to our home after being away for three weeks. It is oozing sap. We’ve had two opposing opinions as to what ...

Q: The Norway Spruce trees that border our yard are dying, and they have holes in the bark. Do you know what could be causing this? Is there anything we can do to stop it and save the ones that are ...

A white-winged dove recently decided that the hanging plant, sitting about head high a few steps from my front door, was just the right spot for a nest. At first this led to a frightening explosion of ...

The loud presence of a woodpecker in your backyard could signal more than just wildlife activity, warns columnist ...