A: Sadly, this sounds like your ornamental pear is falling prey to cotton root rot, a fungal disease common in high-pH, clay soils… so, basically, the soil that…
For demonstration, a few of the plant questions we fielded just this past Monday morning.
Why is my newly planted Japanese maple burned and my corkscrew juncus grass doing poorly?…
New plantings need hose watering. The sprinklers will rarely be enough. Irrigation systems will wet the top two to three inches of our local clay soil at best, unless they…
A: Your plant is showing some heat stress getting established this first summer, but you haven’t done anything wrong in its maintenance. Japanese maples are one of our most prized…
A: Mulching your flowerbeds is the single kindest thing you can do to help your plants thrive throughout the summer! A good, 2-3″ inch layer of mulch will help your…
A: Happily, nothing – unless you’re prone to allergies. Even then, not much. They’re not hurting the plants in your landscape.
There are several slime molds that pop up in…
A: This sounds like nutsedge, and it’s a persistent weed in the flowerbeds and lawn. Pulling it does tend to make it worse! Nutsedge has a thin root system connecting…
Bagworms hatch out and begin feeding every May. Check your junipers (including Italian cypress), bald cypresses, roses, Japanese maples and Indian hawthorns for chewed and missing foliage. We’re already…
My newly installed crapemyrtle looks droopy – I’m running my sprinkler three times a week and watering with a hose at least once a week but it’s still tired-looking and…