Many gardeners are starting their fall garden and landscape clean-up. It's important to strike the right balance between ...

1. Rake up and discard or burn all debris beneath infected plants each fall, including leaves and fruit. This includes ...

If the apple ... rot in an apple. “There's lots of fungi that cause a disease called sooty blotch and fly speck. They literally look like some soot got on the apple or some little black specks.

Another cause of flowers without petals is if seed was collected from hybrid zinnias, which could be the type you saved last ...

The disease aster yellows ... by other pathogens, such as black rot fungus, which is commonly terminal. To assess the current health of a defoliated tree, look for several things.

With over 225 lives lost and many others still missing, Hurricane Helene’s devastation will cast a long shadow over affected ...

Some species are known to cause black root rot, but that is typically ... University of Wisconsin-Madison, this disease is found on trees including apple, crabapple, pear, cherry, plum, American ...

Phytophthora root rot can cause similar symptoms to honey fungus, including sparse foliage and die-back. It can be a problem on heavy or waterlogged soils. Bracket fungus also causes dieback, as well ...

Every gardener has a favorite "event" during the course of a growing season. No contest in 2024: ours was watching the ...

A 20-year quest to rediscover the Colorado Orange apple is seeing the fruits of its labor. But initial taste tests have been ... lackluster.