A hormone, called auxin, prevents other buds along the branch from growing at the same time. In a witches’ broom, all of the buds grow at once, producing a tightly congested collection of short ...

"Honestly I like yours better because of the natural wooden branch versus such a straight pole," one user commented. Making your broom from scratch allows you to customize its size and shape to ...

A: Your oleander sample is showing symptoms of a witch’s broom (just in time for Halloween ... the fungal growth in the wood. Prune that branch back further, if so. Make sure to prune during ...