What’s wrong with my Italian Cypress?
I visited a client's property this week to inspect a row of their Italian Cypresses, Cupressus sempervirens, that aren't looking well. I've seen this issue more than a few times, so I figured I'd write about it to help anyone else wondering about their "Tiny Towers". Who to blame? Italian Cypress trees have relatively few disease issues. Most common among them are cypress canker, root rot, bag worms and spider mites. I looked for the symptoms each of these would have. Cypress canker shows signs of oozing sap and discolored bark; Root rot shows symptoms of downward curling and...
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