Powdery Mildew
Powdery Mildew starts out as whitish spots that spread quickly until the entire leaf is covered. The white powdery growth is a fungus that with time becomes gray to tan/brown felt like patches. Leaves may…
Aphids
Aphids (Homoptera Aphididae) also known as plant lice are tiny (1/8″) soft bodied, oval to pear shape insects that come in green, pink, red, brown, black or dusty gray. The woolly apple aphid has a…
Seasonal Plant Tips
Feb/March Tired of winter? Try forcing some spring blooming branches indoors. Flowering trees and shrubs such as crabapples, forsythia, lilac, magnolia, pussy willows, redbud, quince, wisteria and fruit trees can be encouraged to bloom indoors. Easter…
Animal repellents
Animal repellents Nothing is more frustrating than putting all that time and effort into planting only to find something had a feast at your expense. Sources tell me that repellents containing pure capsaicin derived from…
Bearded Iris
Bearded Iris ( Iris germanica) The tall sturdy flower stem can reach up to twenty eight inches or more. The flowers look like delicate crepe paper and velveteen surrounded by sword like blue green leaves….
Deer Resistant Annuals
One of the nemeses of a gardener is the unwanted visits of deer in your yard. They feed voraciously in the spring and one visit can devastate a lot of loving care and hard work,…
Asian Lady Beetle
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Commonly called lady beetle, the Asian Lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, was introduced from Japan as a biological control for tree-inhabiting aphids. It was initially released by the USDA in Louisiana and…
