It can damage the tree aesthetically. What's Hot Honeylocust plant bugs have hatched and immature plant bugs are actively sucking juices from newly opening leaves. This injury results in deformed leaves with yellowish blotches. Stunted leaves may turn brown and drop off. Look for green nymphs on new growth.
Trees can outgrow early damage if insect numbers are low and growing conditions are good.
Healthy root systems of container grown plants will be a good clean white, and slightly fuzzy upon close examination. Roots suffering from disease, fertilizer burn, excess or insufficient water will appear tan to brown. This is the time of year when clients start calling with questions about their flowering landscape plants that didn't put on a show as well as the neighbor's. This can be a very complex problem, with no easy answers. Most spring bloomer flower from buds that form in the previous summer.