Deciduous Trees & Shrubs

This brochure offers a handy listing of all gardening and related publications available from UW–Madison Division of Extension Publishing (24 pages...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull Properly placed and maintained landscape plants can increase the value of real estate. However, poor plant choices can be...

Author(s) Scott R. Craven, Robert Ellarson Find out how to create a haven for the birds' food, shelter, and cover with the shrubs and trees you p...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull If deer visit your property, you've likely already experienced the frustration of having landscape plants destroyed overni...

Author(s) Dan A. Wilson, Thomas J. Wilson, Wayne G. Tlusty This publication explores landscape planning: putting the plan on paper; selecting, pl...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf, J. E. Kuntz, M. J. Drilias Research has demonstrated that many of Wisconsin sugar maples are declining becaus...

Author(s) Chris Williamson, P.J. Liesch, Jim Kerns, Roger Flashinski Woody Ornamentals Pest Management in Wisconsin is an indispensable resource f...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf "Decline" is a general term that describes the deterioration of a tree's crown or an overall reduction in vigo...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull When selecting plants for landscaping, consider choosing ones that offer showy fall foliage. This beautifully illustrated...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull Plant roots, like people, need oxygen for respiration. That why a flood can stress a plant and even, if roots are submerge...

Author(s) C. F. Koval, S. W. Binnie The eastern tent caterpillar is native to North America, and records of its existence go back as far as 1646. ...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf Springtime weather injury can cause misleading symptoms on foliage. This fact sheet describes symptoms and ste...

Author(s) G. L. Worf., J. E. Kuntz Many problems and disorders can lead to tree decline. This fact sheet explores sun scald, girdling roots, mower...

Author(s) G. L. Worf, M. F. Heimann The honeylocust has become an increasingly important street and landscape tree in Wisconsin. Finer textured an...

Author(s) R. Chris Williamson, Andrea Diss The gypsy moth caterpillar has a distinctively bristly body, with five pairs of blue warts followed by ...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, R. C. Newman When the herbicides used to kill broadleaf weeds in the lawn are applied on windy or hot days, they may end ...

Author(s) Jane Cummings Carlson, A. Jeff Martin, Kyoko Scanlon Thousands of oaks in woodland and urban settings die every year from oak wilt, a fu...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull This publication focuses on recognizing and preventing plant damage caused by deicing salts, evaluates the pros and cons o...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf Scorch, or the browning of leaf edges, affects a wide range of deciduous and evergreen plants throughout Wisco...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut In Wisconsin, the euonymus caterpillar Yponomeuta cagnagella damages the spindletree euonymus, the winged euonymus (also ...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, P. J. Pellitteri, E. B. Smalley, R. P. Guries Dutch elm disease is a fatal fungus disease attacking American elms. The fu...

Author(s) P. J. Pellitteri, D. L. Mahr, D. J. Hall Severe, early season defoliation of several hardwood species may be caused by spring or fall ca...

Author(s) R. C. Williamson, C. F. Koval Skeletonizing of the leaves of roses, raspberries, grapes, fruit trees, and many other cultivated trees an...

Author(s) K. A. Delahaut, G. L. Worf, E. R. Hasselkus In Wisconsin, scab is the most common ornamental-crabapple disease and is also the most impo...