How sad to see our three 11-year old Austrian Pines become diseased to the point where they were losing many needles at the lower part of the trunk. I fear the culprit was the Zimmerman Pine Moth because one could see sap resembling rubber cement on the bark. Borers can also wreck havoc on Austrian Pines and many in the Bloomington-Normal need to be removed. For the past 8 years the Crabapple at the front of the house attracted Japanese Beetles by the thousands and Ed had to use a ladder to spray. Therefore we decided to have it removed as well. The debris lies on the front lawn where it will all be chipped sometime this week. This flowering crabapple never did flower that well - and so we are looking forward to having it replaced with another flowering crabapple the Japanese Beetles will not devour. The 'Lolipop' Crabapple is the one we are thinking might look splendid. You can guess its shape!--Judy
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