We love the vibrant colors of maple trees in the fall. These deciduous beauties bring not only great color but also a recognizable leaf shape and (our favorite) whirlybird seeds that helicopter their ...

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees common in the landscape including red (Acer rubrum), silver (Acer saccharinum), sugar (Acer saccharum) and Japanese (Acer palmatum) maples.

A: It has been a while since I have seen this and could not recall the name, so I asked a naturalist friend, Rene Wendell, who answered, “I believe that’s a Northern Tooth Fungus.” And so, it is, and ...