Each year in late spring and early summer, homeowners begin noticing strange growths on the leaves or stems and are concerned for the health of their trees. Several different types of galls are common ...

Galls are structures made up of plant tissue, forming in response to the saliva of mites or small insects as they feed. The number and variety of galls found on trees in our landscapes are closely ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Oak galls are popping up everywhere this fall! They're the tiny, fuzzy yellow or brown balls on oak leaves and branches. You could spot one or two, then dozens around the same ...

Q : The attached photo is of a 32-inch red mulberry grown from a 6-inch bare-root seedling last spring. I am now going to plant it onto a preserve where it will get scant support over summer. I am ...

What are these blister-like things on the leaves of my oak tree? Will it harm them? P.T., Tulsa The structure on your leaves is a common oak leaf gall and will not harm a mature tree. Galls are ...

Over the past few years, we've seen quite an increase in the number of oak trees affected by oak gall. These galls are roundish, very hard growths that surround the twig of several types of oaks ...

When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...

A gall is an abnormal growth or swelling of a plant caused by hormones released from insects, mites, bacteria, or nematodes. They can appear on any part of the plant with vast variation in morphology, ...

Gardening season is well underway, and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A photo is very helpful. Q: Just ...

Persisting in the winter months as ball-shaped shells on oak trees, galls, which are considered an eyesore by landscapers in the summer months, appear as a sort of curiosity in winter. What are these ...

While walking to the mailbox one sunny morning I saw odd-looking spheres hanging from one of the young white oaks. About the size of golf balls, they were white with a few brown spots and fuzzy.