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Plant of the Week - White Fringe Tree stone.91@osu.edu Mon, 05/24/2021 - 18:02
Each spring I am mesmerized by the white blooms of the white fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) outside my office at the Toledo Botanical Garden. This large shrub, or small tree, has a spreading habit. The plant is currently in its flowering glory in NW Ohio, capturing the attention of the Garden visitors wondering what it is. The white, slightly fragrant flowers are born in panicles that hang downward with a very soft and delicant appearance to them. 
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Amy Stone

An Oak-Apple Gall Ex Expert

An overly generous conference moderator once introduced a talk I was about to give titled, “Tree Galls: A Management Conundrum,” as being presented by a “gall expert.” I looked around to see if they’d made a last-minute speaker substitution.
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Joe Boggs
The Japanese Maple Scale Challenge boggs.47@osu.edu Sun, 05/23/2021 - 12:22
Miss Kim Manchurian lilac is in full bloom in northwest Ohio. This bloom event has long been a dependable phenological indicator for egg hatch of Oystershell Scale (OSS), but NOT for egg hatch of Japanese Maple Scale (JMS). Misidentification can lead to miss-targeting insecticide applications.
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Joe Boggs