Q. I have a rhododendron that is infested with rhododendron lace bug. Last year I bought an insecticide to rid my infested rhododendron of lace bug. Unfortunately it didn’t work. I realize that I need to spray beneath ALL the leaves to truly be effective-, which is the problem. Should I remove most of the…
Year: 2005
Bright orange pods on maple leaves
Q. I have a large Maple tree. Last year small (ball bearing size) round empty bright orange pods started growing in clusters on the leaves. I took a leave to Peninsula Gardens and nobody there knew what they were. When the leaves fell off we raked all of them up off the ground hoping that…
Peach borers
Q. My five-year-old Frost Peach tree, which produced a nice crop of peaches last year, has died. After it blossomed and started to leaf out this spring, all of the blossoms and leaves withered away, leaving it barren. Seeing no evidence of new growth, I recently cut it down, discarding all but a couple chunks…
Please don’t eat the daisies
Q. In our garden we have a large daisy that has many bites or holes in it’s leaves. We originally thought it was slugs but we have worked hard at getting rid of the slugs and it hasn’t really changed the problem with the daisy. We’ve looked the plant over and are not able to…
Summer Pruning Roses for disease control
Q. Is it a good idea to prune my Roses way back this time of year? I didn’t prune them earlier and they have a lot of black spot. I would burn the branches. Thanks Dottie Morris – Shelton, WA A. Whether it is a good idea is debatable. Rose pruning seems to me to…