Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have a redbud tree that I planted last spring. Hurricane Ida blew all ...

Q: My eastern redbud, albeit, leaning, seems to be healthy and has bloomed for several years. I noticed in the spring that it has an area that is moist and weeping on its trunk. Should I be concerned ...

* What it is: Redbuds are small, Pennsylvania-native flowering trees that grow slightly wider than tall and have heart-shaped leaves that turn yellow in fall. What sets Flame Thrower apart is that it ...

Q. Please tell me what this is. Is it the reason my redbud tree is dying by degrees? I’ve also seen some on my Japanese maple and a Virginia pine. Should I be worried? — J. Castelloe, Chesapeake. A.

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The redbud ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you spot lavender-pink flowers clustered on bare tree branches in early spring, you've probably ...

"A hardy variant of redbud appeared in a mass screening of seedlings planted at the Horticultural Research Center many years ago. Before the 'Minnesota Strain' was developed in 1992, few large ...

DEAR NEIL: I’ve had this redbud tree for about two years. Its bark is splitting and I’m afraid I’m going to lose it. The leaves look fine. Do you have any advice on how I can save it? Have a question ...

Walkers make their way down a path of tulips and redbud trees in bloom in the median of Wydown Blvd., in Clayton, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. (Hillary Levin, hlevin@post-dispatch.com) Q • I have a ...