Question From: in Glenelg East, Adelaide South Australia Nature of problem: Can capital pears grow in shade Type of Plant (if known): Capital pear Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): Can Soil Type (e.g. sandy, clay or loam)...
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Don’s Expert Answers: Lilly Pilly heat stress
Question From: in Altona , Melbourne Victoria Nature of problem: Lilly Pilly heat stress Type of Plant (if known): Lilly Pilly (neighbour be gone) Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): New growth wiltering and dies in extreme...

Don’s Expert Answers: When to prune
Question From: in Varsity Lakes, Varsity Lakes Queensland Nature of problem: When to prune Type of Plant (if known): Murraya Paniculata Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): prune advice Soil Type (e.g. sandy, clay or loam) OR...
Don’s Expert Answers: 2 yrs old in shady spot stayed spindly, never bushed out , want to transplant to location with more light , how avoid shock.
Question From: in Palos Verdes Estat, Palos Verdes Estat New South Wales Nature of problem: 2 yrs old in shady spot stayed spindly, never bushed out , want to transplant to location with more light , how avoid shock. Type of Plant (if known): Brunfelsia bonodora...
Don’s Expert Answers: Port wine Magnolia
Question From: in Narooma, Narooma New South Wales Nature of problem: Port wine Magnolia Type of Plant (if known): Was very healthy large and was beautiful before fires Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): Bush Fire affected /...
Don’s Expert Answers: Transplanting a 14 foot Boab tree out of his pot into the ground
Question From: in Riverview Estate, Deniliquin New South Wales Nature of problem: Transplanting a 14 foot Boab tree out of his pot into the ground Type of Plant (if known): Boab/Bottle Tree Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself):...

Don’s Expert Answers: Leaves covering Leucospermum shrub have gone yellow around the outside with green vein-like in the middle (pic).
Question From: in Subiaco, Perth Western Australia Nature of problem: Leaves covering Leucospermum shrub have gone yellow around the outside with green vein-like in the middle (pic). Type of Plant (if known): Leucospermum Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to...

Don’s Expert Answers: In our Strata building (30 Units) we have a Monstera Deliciosa which has at one root that has penetrated into the building; one Garage has a Monstera Deliciosa root which has gone through the wall and is growing into the space in the Garage. My question is in 2 parts: 1. Have you had any other reports of Monstera Deliciosa damaging buildings?; and 2. What is your recommended method of removing the plant permanently?
Question From: in Lewisham, Sydney New South Wales Nature of problem: In our Strata building (30 Units) we have a Monstera Deliciosa which has at one root that has penetrated into the building; one Garage has a Monstera Deliciosa root which has gone through the wall...

Don’s Expert Answers: My pittosporum trees have chalky spots on the trunks, also after 3 years they are now 3 metres tall but i noticed this year the leaves are thinning out and dropping off, now they are not as thick and bushy. I could not see the fence now it is visible, some of the trees are now growing a pea on the small branches as the leaves are being replaced by them. The main issue I have is that they are not as thick as they were last year, the leaves do still look healthy though even the a lot have disappeared from the branches.
Question From: in Berwick, Melbourne Northern Territory Nature of problem: My pittosporum trees have chalky spots on the trunks, also after 3 years they are now 3 metres tall but i noticed this year the leaves are thinning out and dropping off, now they are not as...
Don’s Expert Answers: Some thing eating through branches and sending them brown
Question From: in OAKDEN, ADELAIDE South Australia Nature of problem: Some thing eating through branches and sending them brown Type of Plant (if known): Pencil pines Symptoms of Plant Illness (please try NOT to diagnose your problems yourself): Something iseating...
