Best time to control azalea lacebug

Q: When should I treat my azaleas for lacebugs?
A: The easiest way I’ve found to control azalea lacebug is to apply a systemic insecticide drench that contains imidacloprid (click for sources) in spring, after the azaleas bloom. This will protect any beneficial insects that visit the flowers. The drench poisons the leaves, so lacebugs that suck sap from them are dead within days.
-
Advertisement
-
Follow Walter
-
Advertisement
-
-
July calendar
Flowers are starting to fade, so remove faded flowers and the stems that hold them. Summer...
Get The Checklist
-
-
-
name that plant
Post your puzzlers and help others with theirs.
Start Here
-
-
Trending Posts
-
1
Centipede – Weeds
-
2
Dogwood with hole in trunk
-
3
Lantana – Leaves Browning
-
4
Christmas Ferns – Where To Buy Them?
-
5
Flowering Plants in Winter
-
1
Creeping Jenny- Can I Kill The Oxalis In It?
-
2
Web Covering Tree – Barklice
-
3
Lady Beetle (Ladybug) – Traps
-
4
Should I Aerate On My Own
-
5
Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato Squash – Identification
-
-
Walter’s Bookshelf
Browse and purchase gardening books by Walter Reeves, plus select titles by other authors.
View books -
Popular topics
Soil Spring Summer Seed Winter Fall Flowers Weed Fertilizer Disease Shade Temperature Pots Oak Pine Pruning Mulch Watering Container Maple Compost Birds Herbicide Tomatoes Azalea Moisture Poison Pears Hydrangea Glyphosate Caterpillar Pests Cherry Roundup Irrigation Pre-Emergent Pesticide Stone Dogwood Peach Spider Pine Straw Greenhouse Magnolia Squash Squirrels Beans Lemon Travel Japanese Maple