Diseases | Insects | Pests

Dealing With Common Garden Pests
Let's see if this sounds familiar. You go out into your yard to enjoy some time caring for your beautiful garden. You stop to smell some lavender, take a few...
Dealing With Common Garden Pests
Let's see if this sounds familiar. You go out into your yard to enjoy some time caring for your beautiful garden. You stop to smell some lavender, take a few...

Attracting Beneficial Insects
Using plants that attract beneficial insects helps control garden pests without the use of pesticides. Annuals Candytuft Bachelor's Buttons Black-Eye Susan Blanket Flower Calendula Calliopsis Cosmos (for bees too) Dwarf...
Attracting Beneficial Insects
Using plants that attract beneficial insects helps control garden pests without the use of pesticides. Annuals Candytuft Bachelor's Buttons Black-Eye Susan Blanket Flower Calendula Calliopsis Cosmos (for bees too) Dwarf...

Tomato Blossom End Rot
Blossom end rot is a serious nonparasitic, noninfectious disorder of greenhouse and field tomatoes, caused by low levels of calcium. It is not associated with soil contact or with damage...
Tomato Blossom End Rot
Blossom end rot is a serious nonparasitic, noninfectious disorder of greenhouse and field tomatoes, caused by low levels of calcium. It is not associated with soil contact or with damage...

Slugs
Slugs can be very damaging pests in moist, shady gardens. They feed on the leaves of many plants, especially seedlings. Later in the season they can feed on ripening fruits...
Slugs
Slugs can be very damaging pests in moist, shady gardens. They feed on the leaves of many plants, especially seedlings. Later in the season they can feed on ripening fruits...

Downy Mildew
A new disease is threatening garden impatiens. Downy Mildew, caused by the fungus like pathogen Plasmopara obducens, begins as a subtle leaf yellowing. These symptoms are followed by leaves flagging or...
Downy Mildew
A new disease is threatening garden impatiens. Downy Mildew, caused by the fungus like pathogen Plasmopara obducens, begins as a subtle leaf yellowing. These symptoms are followed by leaves flagging or...