Small Trees
ALDER
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Tolerates moist shady conditions.
"Cones"
40+ feet tall. |
Wood rot
Canker-die back
Catkin deformity-leaf spot |
Woolly Alder Aphid
Leaf Miner |
ARBORVITAE
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Shrubs & trees, yellow foliage,
variety often used for screening, "cones," 18 to
35 feet tall.
Moist well-drained soil. |
Cankers
Drowning
Scorch
Winter Injury |
Mites
Bagworms |
BARBERRY
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Green & purple variety, thorns,
often used as hedge. |
Verticillium wilt
Canker |
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CONTONEASTER
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Decidouos to semi-evergreen, ground
covers to medium tall shrubs, arching forms. |
Fire Blight
Canker
Root rot
Winter kill |
Spider Mites
Leaf Crumpler |
CRABAPPLE
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Buy disease-resistant varieties, white, pinl,
red flower varieties, pea to apple size fruit. Green to purple
foliage. Vase-oval-upright-spreading shapes, 8 to 40 feet
tall. |
Scab
Rust
Canker
Root rot
Sun scald
Winter injury
Wood rot |
Aphids
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Fall Web Worm
Scale
Mites |
DOGWOODS
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Red & yellow twigs mostly grown white
flowers. Need severe yearly pruning to keep healthy. |
Canker
Root rot
Borers
Botrytis Blight
Spot Anthracnose |
Scale (oystershell)
Aphids |
EUONYMUS
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Ground cover, vine, shrubs, small
trees. |
Crown Gall
Verticillium wilt |
Scale-Euonymus
Leucanium
Black Vine Weevil |
HAWTHORN
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Most have thorns (thornless cockspur), Washington-cockspur-downy,
white flowers, red grape size fruit. |
Rust
Canker
Root rot
Fire Blight
Leaf Blight
Leaf spot
Wood rot |
Leaf Crumpler
Wooly Aphids
Eastern Tent Caterpillar |
JUNIPERS
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Blue to green to yellow tip foliage,
ground covers, shrubs, trees (including columnar forms) blueberry
like fruit (used to flavor gin), moist, well-drained soils. |
Phomopsis
Twig Blight
Cedar rust (Susceptible varieties)
Winter injury
Root rot
Wood rot |
Mites
Scale |
LILAC
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Sun, moist well-drained soils,
nongrafted varieties need regular pruning to maintain plant
health, need modified pruning on grafted variety, white to
purplish flowers in June (shrubs), tree blooms in June, flowers
are & have pleasant odor. |
Canker
Powdery Mildew
Root rot
Botrytis Blight
Bacterial Blight
Leaf spot
Wood rot |
Borer
Scale |
MAGNOLIA
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Trees - Low branching slightly.
Moist, acid, organic soils. Tolerates light shade, 20 - 30
feet tall.
Light pink flowers.
Shrubs - white flowers, 15 - 20 feet tall.
Not all magnolias hardy inNorthern Illinois. |
Canker
Verticillium wilt
Scorch
Chlorosis
Wet wood
Wood rot
Root rot |
Magnolia scale
Tulip tree scale |
MAPLE
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Norway - Tolerates dry soil,
40 - 90 feet tall.
Crimson King (Dark purple foliage) schwedler (purplish green
foliage)
Columnar varieties
Japanese - wide range uses, 15 - 25 feet tall.
Red - moist or dry acidic soils 40 - 60 feet tall.
Green (Gold fall color) & red foliage, cultivars, many
cultivars include columnar silver - Fast grower, weak wood
tolerates wide range of growing conditions, 50 - 120 feet
tall.
Sugar - tolerates light shade, forest tree, moist well-drained
soils, 60 - 120 feet tall.
Boxelder - weak wooded, short lived weedy tree, gets boxelder
bug. |
Anthracnose
Sooty mold
Verticillium wilt
Scorch
Chlorosis
Canker
Wetwood
Chemical injury
Wood rot
Root rot |
Scale - Cottony - Leucanium -
Oystershell
Aphids
Leaf Miner
Leaf Hopper
Flat headed apple borer
Leaf galls
Aerified mites |
PURPLE LEAF PLUM
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Short lived fast growing tree,
15 - 30 feet tall.
Sand cherry is the shrub 7 - 10 feet tall. |
Verticillium wilt
Canker
Root rot
Wood rot
Black knot
Winter injury
Bacterial spot
Blossom and Twig Blight
Leaf curl
Winter injury |
Peach Tree Borer
Aphids
Eastern Tent Caterpillar |
RED BUD
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
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Verticillium wilt
Root rot
Wood rot
Canker |
Borers
Aphids
Red Bud Leaf Roller
Red Bud Leaf Hopper |
VIBURNUM
| Selection Info |
Some Common Diseases |
Some Common Insects and Insect-related |
| Many species.
One fragant flowering species.
Needs proper pruning to stay healthy. |
Powdery mildew
Leaf spot
Verticillium wilt
Root rot |
Borers |
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