FELLED: Letter writer Kira Jahn stands beside a silver leaf maple tree before it was cut down recently. Editor’s note: The following letter was received after efforts failed to prevent a silver leaf ...

Dear Dr. Dirt: We have a large maple tree growing in our lawn. Just this week, we noticed that the leaves are covered in these misshapen, red “balls.” The tree also looks a little sparse on leaves ...

Anthracnose is a common spring disease on maple trees common in the landscape including red (Acer rubrum), silver (Acer saccharinum), sugar (Acer saccharum) and Japanese (Acer palmatum) maples.

Audra Dar was having breakfast with her sorority sisters Monday morning when they heard a “huge crack,” looked out the window and watched a silver leaf maple tree fall on two cars parked along 10th ...