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In nature, there are plants blooming all season to provide plenty of food for diverse pollinator species. On the other hand, in many yards and gardens there are times of the year when few, if any, plants are blooming. In the home landscape there tends to be many spring blooming plants but not as many mid-summer and fall blooming plants. Having plants blooming in your garden f...

Plant galls are oddities of the plant world created by insects, mites or pathogens whose activity or natural chemicals man...

Boxwoods are frequent patients at the Plant Diagnostic Lab. Although they are very pleasing to the eye when perfectly manicured and sculpted, it is a rare sight to see a boxwood left unscathed by disease. Boxwoods are not the most resilient plants, susceptible to a host of pests and pathogens. Two of the most common diseases are similar in appearance as well as in name – Volu...

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