The battle for a thriving garden begins the moment the first leaf pushes through the soil. Lush beds and tidy rows may look peaceful, but a quiet army of insects and critters waits for tender stems, ...

March feels fresh and full of promise, but trouble already crawls through the garden long before flowers fully open. While many people focus on planting plans and new growth, several pests wake up ...

Spring beauty is fleeting, and so is the opportunity to stop scale insects that live on the bark of magnolia trees and suck their sap. “With scale insects, timing is everything,” said Sharon Yiesla, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These insects may be tiny, but they can cause big damage in your garden. Here's how to identify and control the little bugs that ...

Scale insects can infest and damage many of the plants we grow in our landscapes and indoors. They feed on the sap of plants, and a large enough population can weaken a plant, damage it or even kill ...

It can sometimes be difficult to discern what's exactly wrong with your plants, but if you're noticing small white bumps on the leaves, this may be the culprit.

Question: Help! I have a fiddle leaf fig in my front window that I adore. It has tiny bumps all over the stems and the floor beneath the plant is sticky. I did an internet search, and I believe I have ...

I think I diagnosed the white material on the bark of my crapemyrtle as scale. There’s also black stuff on the bark that won’t come off. What can I do? You have a few options, ranging from tolerance ...

Many gardeners, as well as the horticulturists at the Chicago Botanic Garden, had issues with magnolia scale last year, and it’s a pest to watch closely for in 2025. The Garden’s plant health care ...

Q: This is a picture of our dogwood tree with white growths on it. Your help is appreciated. A: Your dogwood tree has a healthy case of scale insects. Scale insects attach themselves to the host plant ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Just like us, insects spend their winters in different locations. Unlike us, they spend their winters in different stages of development. Some may overwinter as adults, others in their immature stage ...