Champion of the oppressed and wrongfully vilified, Grumpy stands ready his shine his Beacon of Truth on any misunderstood plant. Today, he happily parts the gloom enshrouding what is arguably the most ...

If you have been in any of our parks, green spaces or near the water, and noticed leaves all over the ground, almost like it’s fall, chances are it’s due to sycamore anthracnose. This disease has hit ...

The lawn between the house and the lake is brown. Even though it hasn’t rained much, the brown color isn’t due to lack of precipitation. Brown leaves blanket the grass, specifically sycamore leaves.

Question: My ash tree and sycamore tree are losing leaves, which are somewhat disfigured and have blackened areas on the leaves. What should I do? Answer: Recent rains have led to a buildup of fungal ...

THANK you Lili Singer for your article [“A Giant That Goes Its Own Way” (Oct. 5)] advising people to plant more Western sycamore trees. I especially liked the quote “People freak when new leaves curl ...

Q. I have a sycamore tree whose leaves are browning with a pale yellow or red band between the brown and healthy green leaf tissue. — Kerry, Kerhonkson A. This is bacterial leaf scorch. This disease, ...

My sycamore trees look absolutely terrible, with very few leaves growing yet — they seem to have been dropping off over the last few weeks, making a mess in the garden. Is there something that I can ...

Leaves – deciduous, simple, 3-5 shallow lobes, sinuses and margins are serrated, petioles are enlarged at base to enclose bud, stipules are leaflike. Twigs – leaf scar surrounds bud, stipule scar ...

Q.: The sycamore tree in my back yard is perhaps 100 feet tall and 40 years old. Throughout the years, I have considered it a pleasure to pick up after her as I have derived much pleasure from her ...