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ARBORVITAE

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Shrubs & trees, yellow foliage, variety often used for screening, "cones," 18 to 35 feet tall.
Moist well-drained soil.

Cankers
Drowning
Scorch
Winter Injury

Mites
Bagworms

ALDER

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Tolerates moist shady conditions.
"Cones"
40+ feet tall.

Wood rot
Canker-die back
Catkin deformity-leaf spot

Woolly Alder Aphid
Leaf Miner

ASH

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Tolerates wide range of growing conditions, green - white & blue species, 50+ feet tall.

Verticillium wilt
Canker
Leaf spots including:

anthracnose

Ash ring spot
Root rot
Wood rot
Collar rot

Ash border
Aphids
Flower Gall of Ash
Plant Bug
Cotton Maple Scale (male trees only)
Emerald Ash Borer

BARBERRY

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Green & purple variety, thorns, often used as hedge.

Verticillium wilt
Canker

 

BIRCH

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Like cool, moist acidic soils. White -grey- paper - canoe - river species. Buy resistant variety. (Heritage is creamy white, white spire is white, both hybrids of river) river is borer resistant, depending on species - 40 to 120 feet tall possible.

Chlorosis
Root rot
Canker
Scorch

Leaf Miner
Bronze Birch Borer
Scale
Sapsucker damage

BUCKEYE AND HORSECHESTNUT

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

"Haystack trees" - Branches low to ground, moist well-drained soils.
"Nut is toxic," 40 to 100 feet tall.

Leaf Blotch
Scorch
Canker
Wood rot

Leaf Miner

CONTONEASTER

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Decidouos to semi-evergreen, ground covers to medium tall shrubs, arching forms.

Fire Blight
Canker
Root rot
Winter kill

Spider Mites
Leaf Crumpler

CRABAPPLE

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Buy disease-resistant varieties, white, pinl, red flower varieties, pea to apple size fruit. Green to purple foliage. Vase-oval-upright-spreading shapes, 8 to 40 feet tall.

Scab
Rust
Canker
Root rot
Sun scald
Winter injury
Wood rot

Aphids
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Fall Web Worm
Scale
Mites

DOGWOODS

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Red & yellow twigs mostly grown white flowers. Need severe yearly pruning spot anthracnose to keep healthy.

Canker
Root rot
Borers
Botrytis Blight

Scale (oystershell)
Aphids

DOUGLAS FIR

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Well-drained, moist, rich, acidic soils, sun, high humidity. 40 to 200 feet tall (not true fir)
Blue foliage.

Needle cast
Needle Blight
Wood rot
Tip Blight
Canker
Root rot

Woolly Aphid (Alternate host not required)

EUONYMUS

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Ground cover, vine, shrubs, small trees.

Crown Gall
Verticillium Wilt

Scale-Euonymus
Leucanium
Black Vine Weevil

GINKGO

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Considered "Pest free," medium grower once established, smelly fruit - seed used as memory enhancer, male/female trees, fall color golden, last two weeks and sheds all leaves in less than 48 hours. Pyramidal forms. 50 to 80 feet tall.

 

Potato Leaf Hopper

HACKBERRY

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Good street tree - tolerates wide range of growing conditions. Growth & leaves size, shape, appearance similar to American elm. 40 to 60 feet tall.

Witches Broom
Root rot
Wood rot
Island Chlorosis
Canker

Mites
Cottony Mapple Scale
Leaf Galls

HAWTHORN

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Most have thorns (thornless cockspur), Washington-cockspur-downy, white flowers, red grape size fruit.

Rust
Canker
Root rot
Fire Blight
Leaf Blight
Leaf spot
Wood rot

Leaf Crumpler
Wooly Aphids
Eastern Tent Caterpillar

HONEYLOCUST & KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Get thornless/ podless honeylocust, sunburst has yellowish new growth, tolerates wide range of growing conditions, except prolong wet soils, 30 to 100 feet tall.
Coffee tree has pods, larger leaves & bigger tree than honeylocust.

Canker
Root rot
Wood rot

Cottony Maple Scale
Pod Midge Gall
Plant Bug
Cankerworm
Mites
Aphids
Mimosa Webworm

HONEYSUCKLE

Selection Info Some Common Diseases Some Common Insects and Insect-related

Buy aphid-resistant varieties.
White, pink, red flowers, green to red to purple fruit.

Canker
Verticillium wilt
Root rot
Powdery Mildew
Leaf Blight

Honeysuckle Aphid
Leaf Miner