Q. One of the vines on my new Clematis wilted followed by the other three doing the same. I nearly threw it away, but instead replanted it in another spot. This spring it sprouted and produced a beautiful many-vined plant. Around a month ago it again started to wilt. Again I pruned it down and…
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Gardening questions from WA, OR, ID, MT & WY
Rhododendron lace bug
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…
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…