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GARDENING ETCETERA

Gardening Etcetera: How Oystershell Scale can affect aspen trees

Aspen

Quaking Aspens require plenty of room for air circulation and growth.

Dear Master Gardener,

Please shed some light on this conundrum: my aspen trees have broken out with a bad case of acne. Well, not all of my aspens, just a few. And not all of their branches, just here and there. Come to think of it, my aspens� usual display of brilliant fall golds were kind of “off� this year. Do you think this could have anything to do with the yellowish creepy crawlies that I’ve spied on some of the trunks for the past couple of springs? Please help me, Master Gardener, before my aspens become deathly ill. -- Aspen Hugger



This article was previously published in 2016.

Cindy Murray is a biologist and has been a Coconino Master Gardener since 2010. She is married and has two amazing grown children and two grown grandchildren.

If you have a gardening question, email the Master Gardener Plant Help desk at [email protected] or leave a message at 928-773-6115.

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