It all happened at once this year. Forsythias, Magnolias, Dogwoods, Serviceberry are all blooming near the same time.

Colorful displays of three types of rust fungi are appearing on junipers in Ohio. The fungi belong to the genus Gymnosporangium and they complete part of their life-cycle on members of the plant genus Juniperus and the other part of their life-cycle on members of the family Rosaceae. In biological terms, this type of life-cycle is known as "heteroecious."

Several national news networks reported yesterday that a kissing bug had been found in Delaware.  The story was echoed today by a number of print and online news outlets.  Frankly, the story is much ado about nothing.

Grafted ornamentals are trickier than you may think. Learn the story of one mysterious Cherry tree! Check it out!

Last Wednesday, Jerry Frankenhoff (Urban Forester, Great Parks of Hamilton County) sent an e-mail message asking about red staining on the bark of sycamore trees. He wrote that he'd never seen anything like this before. I was shocked when I looked at his attached image. Likewise, I had never before seen the unusual reddening symptoms on sycamore or any other tree.

New Findings on Rose Rosette Virus by USDA Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville,Maryland

Four-Lined Plant Bugs (Poecilocapsus lineatus, family Hemiptera) are one of the quickest hitting spring pests found in Ohio. Hordes of hungry bugs descend seemingly out of nowhere to cause extensive leaf damage, then they just fade away leaving behind their foliar wreckage.

Phone calls and e-mail messages to Extension offices from landowners concerned about the health of maples should soon be on the rise. That's because maples in much of Ohio, as well as Indiana and Kentucky, are producing loads of winged seeds (samaras).

Floweringquince is in bloom and the brilliant orange-red to red colors can stop you in your tracks!

Each Tuesday, members of the Extension Nursery Landscape and Turf (ENLT) have a virtual meeting to discuss what they are seeing in their own area and talk about those "stumpers" that they have come across in the horticulture world and get feed back from others in the group.