Spider mites can be serious pests of garden and greenhouse plants including trees, shrubs, vegetables and ornamental plants. The leaves of plants infected with spider mites first show small white…
Mildews that cause diseases in plants are of two different types, powdery and downy. Although they have similar names they are distinctly different and have different symptoms and control measures.…
White flies are tiny white insects that collect on the undersides of leaves. They come a great masses forming a white cloud around a plant, and produce a sticky honeydew…
Rusts are considered one of the most harmful diseases of plants. They are caused by fungi that can infect the leaves, stems, fruits, or seeds of plants, producing pustules on…
There are many different kinds of thrips; some are beneficial (can you believe it?) others are not, and this post is only on the destructive kinds, that feast on rose…
Does your heart sink when you see a favorite plant covered with tiny insects exuding a sticky gop, perhaps accompanied by a black dust? You can see that the insects…
The words voles and moles look and sound a lot alike and people seem quite confused as to which animal is to blame for damage to their garden. When you…
There are few things more frustrating or discouraging than working hard to create something beautiful and then having to watch it made ugly and be destroyed. Anybody who gardens has…
If someone gave you a bottle of fox urine, purchased from a local store would you: A. Throw it away? B. Go hunting? C. Put it in the garden? D.…
The symptoms of iris leaf spot are described and ways to reduce and control infection is given.
Karen