WATERLOO - Hubert and Georgia Rossin were cleaning up seeds from their silver maple tree last month when they got a big surprise. "We were out raking up all the little helicopters when my husband ...

Q: We have a problem with our lone Japanese Maple tree in our front flower bed. We think it has a fungus, and we're not really sure if we can do anything to save it. We noticed it a couple of months ...

Question: My silver maple tree has large black spots on the leaves. The tree seems to be doing OK, but the leaves look as though it has some disease. Is there something that should be done?

A: I, too, was surprised when I first noticed what we call tar spots, of which there are three species, I believe. Rhytisma acerinum is the larger black spot, although each attract attention in late ...

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 ...

Q. I raked up a bunch of leaves off my lawn a few days ago and I saw all these large black spots the size of a dime or so on leaves from our maple tree. I didn't notice these spots before the leaves ...

Q: While raking leaves, leaves from a neighbor's maple tree have blown into our yard. Most of these leaves have large black patches on them, usually one or two per leaf. We have no maples, so it isn't ...

A Fungus growing on a living tree is a symptom of heart rot. Trees are infected through wounds from lawn mowers, weed-whacker whips, deer rubbing, rodent chewing, frost cracks, broken branches and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - If you have maple trees in your yard, you might have noticed the leaves changing colors, but not the way you may expect. Large black spots on the leaves are caused by a type of ...