Roseslugs: Leaves Turned to Windowpanes
Translucent, papery patches on rose leaves that let light through like a windowpane are the calling card of roseslugs, the larvae of a small sawfly.
Spider Mites on Hydrangeas: Stippled Leaves in a Hot, Dry Spell
Fine gray-bronze stippling across the leaf surface, a dusty look you can’t wipe off with a thumb, and maybe a scrap of fine webbing tucked in a leaf…
Rose Mosaic Virus: Yellow Patterns That Came With the Plant
Yellow line patterns, wavy mottling, or oak-leaf shapes stamped across rose foliage usually mean rose mosaic virus.
Rust on Hydrangeas: Orange Pustules Under the Leaf
Orange, powdery pustules crowding the underside of a hydrangea leaf point to rust, a fungal disease that shows up most often on panicle hydrangea late in…
What Eats Spinach in Iowa, and When
Grasshoppers are the only documented pest in Iowa that actually treats spinach leaves as food.
What Eats Onion in Iowa, and When
Two insects show up on Iowa onions with any regularity: the common stalk borer, which tunnels into the stalk and leaves a single leaf wilting from the…
What Eats Pepper in Idaho, and When
Six of the pests Idaho tracks for garden vegetables will actually feed on pepper: aphids, Colorado potato beetle, cutworms, grasshoppers, tomato…
Growing Herbs in Vermont
Vermont herb gardeners get roughly five months of open ground, bracketed by a spring frost window in late April to mid-May and a fall frost window in…
Growing Herbs in Utah
Herbs in Utah go into the ground once the soil itself has warmed, not simply once the calendar clears the frost risk.
Growing Herbs in Texas
Herbs grow well across nearly all of Texas, but the state is so large that “when” and “how” depend heavily on where you garden.