Diseases/Insects
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The Rose Culprit
photo: ARS News Service This is the critter — a rose mite the size of half…
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An American Chestnut We Can Believe In?
Catching up again on some previous news …. Scientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science…
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Bad News for Fringe Trees
photo: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Catching up on some news from before the Christmas season …. Researchers…
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Crape Myrtles at Risk
photo: Arapaho Crape Myrtle – USNA Oh no. It can't be true. But yes, researchers at…
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Perhaps a Chestnut Revival
I'm not old enough to have known what it was like when streets across the eastern…
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Plants: It’s Always Something!
click to enlarge I have a tiny front yard, and when I re-did it last spring,…
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Boxwood Blight Hits Eastern U.S.
Boxwood blight, a serious disease that can kill infected plants within a season, has now been…
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Super-Weeds on the Way
If antibiotic-resistant disease strains aren't enough, now there's evidence that over-use of weedkillers — specifically Roundup…
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Geraniums that Kill Japanese Beetles
Japanese beetles, the scourge of gardeners across the country, could soon be on the verge of…
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Restoration Chestnuts
American Chestnut – Castanea dentata As most of you already know, the American Chestnut, one of…