Garden Plants
Clematis Wilt: What It Is & What to Do Clematis wilt is dramatic — a healthy plant can collapse and blacken within days. But it's less common than most gardeners fear, and most plants recover if you act quickly and planted them deep enough. This guide explains how to tell true wilt from drought, slug damage, and other causes; which varieties are resistant; and the six things you can do to reduce the risk.
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Trees
It Doesn't Seem Real Until it Happens to You Yes, folks, it finally happened to us. We had a good run, but…
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Gardening
What is Honey Fungus? Honey fungus is a spreading, parasitic fungus that live yeah s on trees, woody shrubs, and occasionally herbaceous…
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Roses
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Gardening
Coral Spot IdentificationCoral spot’s small orange-pink pustules are very distinctive. The fungus is active and producing spores almost year round, but you…
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Fruit Trees & Bushes
What are these brown spots on my quince tree’s leaves and fruit? Quince Leaf Blight is the fungus Diplocarpon mespili, which ruin…
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Fruit Trees & Bushes
What is Apple Scab and Pear Scab?Apple Scab and Pear Scab are functionally the same, although the specific fungus is different: Apple…
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Hedge Plants
Why Are There Holes in My Laurel Leaves?If it looks like something is eating Swiss cheese style holes in your cherry laurel…
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Gardening
What is this White Fungus on my Trees and Hedges?Powdery Mildew is caused by a group of fungi that form a grey-white…
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Fruit Trees & Bushes
There is no need to be afraid of Silver Leaf disease, which rarely affects Cherry and Plum trees in gardens, and even…
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Trees
What are these brown spots on my conker tree’s leaves?Horse Chestnut Leaf Blotch is a fungal condition called Guignardia aesculi that affects…
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Trees
Horse Chestnut Canker, caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas syringae pv aesculi, is the most serious disease affecting trees in the Aesculus family.…
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Hedge Plants
Box Blight refers to two separate fungi that attack Common Box and Dwarf Box.It does not affect Box-Leaf Holly, nor Sweet Box.The…
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Roses
What is rose replant disease? Rose replant disease is probably the most common example of specific replant disease, which can affect several…
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Roses
Deer love the top shoots, buds and foliageLeaving ragged stems and bare branches as they go. They are particularly attracted to new…
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Fruit Trees & Bushes
Applying fruit tree grease from November onwards is used to trap a wide variety of winter moths before they can lay their…
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Fruit Trees & Bushes
Grease Bands are Convenient on Young Fruit TreesIf you apply grease bands to your young fruit trees, it will help prevent winter…
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Fruit Trees & Bushes
How to Apply Winter Wash to Fruit TreesIt’s good to apply winter wash to your fruit and ornamental trees in the winter…
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Trees
Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by Ophiostoma novo-ulmi and Ophiostoma ulmi fungi, which primarily attack members of the Ulmus family (Elm…
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Hedge Plants
It is true that Cherry Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus, is a trooper and will grow almost anywhere, but that is not the same…
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Hedge Plants
This is a blog post covering the reasons for yew hedge deaths and identifying possible cures and remediation
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