Kansas City is used to rainy spring days, but with so much rain in the forecast, you may have noticed something strange popping up on some of your trees. It’s an orange or red, alien-looking form, ...

ST. LOUIS — Hikers out among Missouri's trees will soon begin to notice an orange goo encroaching on trunks and even dripping from branches, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.

During the summer, many of us notice yellow-orange spots on the leaves of their ornamental pear trees. These spots begin in the late spring on the upper surface of leaves, approximately 1/8- to ...

Last year my Bradford pear’s leaves were covered with rust fungus. What can I do this year to prevent that from happening again? CS You are correct. It seems like rust disease was everywhere last ...