Roses are an excellent addition to any garden, as there are many varieties and colors available. Unfortunately, gardeners are the only ones attracted to this stunning flower. Aphids are among the most ...

The middle of June is a good time to clip hedges and dense shrubs that you wish to make more compact. Evergreens such as boxwood and euonymus fortunei can be kept as low hedges with a haircut in June ...

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) predicted a surge in sap-sucking aphids following a mild spring. And it was right - it has been a phenomenon evident in gardens across the country. Over the past ...

CAPERS form on a small woody plant that thrives in hot dry alkaline soils and produces lovely white flowers in summer and fat 3cm long seed pods afterwards that can be salted or pickled to use as a ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Charmingly mild weather this winter will most likely coax roses into bloom early, which means dealing with the usual diseases and pests earlier, too. When it comes to one of the ...

Q: Each year the late summer bloom cycle of our roses-of-Sharon is ruined by small white insects and black mold. What is this, and how can we save the blooms? A: The black mold is sooty mold, the same ...

Q. How can I identify ladybug eggs and larvae? I purchased a container of ladybugs about 3 weeks ago and released them on my roses. I no longer see any ladybugs but I do see some other bugs crawling ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. My problem is with black stuff on my crape myrtles' leaves and bark. It ...

Aphids massed on brand-new buds is the gardening version of a leaky tap: small, constant, maddening. You watch the tight green spirals get sticky. Ants show up like tiny bouncers. And there you are, ...