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 ...

Spots on the leaves of plants in the home landscape can be an indication of a hazardous condition for commonly used shrubs. Armored scale is a class of insect pest found on many plants used in Leon ...

Garden staff are finding more scale insects and aphids than in past years. A major infestation of lecanium scale was recently found on a large planting of bald cypress at the Garden. The population of ...

Many people have a potted citrus plant or two that they keep indoors during the winter and move outdoors for the summer. It may be one of those dwarf trees that produce full-sized fruit. Or it could ...

My Japanese magnolias have this horrible disease that causes tan-colored growths that look like boils on the branches, and they attract flies. A black mildew is on the leaves, and the leaves ...

One of the rottenest pests gardeners get on their plants are Pseudococcus longispinus, or any of its close relatives. Longispinus derived from the word meaning “with a long spine or tail”, so we’re ...