Bean Leaf Roller – Identification

Q: Attached is a picture of a pest I found …

Sassafras – Hard to Control Root Sprouts

Q: Over the last six months, I have made great …

Flowers for Drying

Harvest when the flowers are not fully open and in …

Butterfly Japanese Maple – Unusual leaf color

Q: I purchased a Butterfly Japanese maple tree last fall. …

Deadheading Flowers

Q: Should all flowers be deadheaded when they wither? Do …

Sassafras – Cause Cancer?

Q: I’ve heard that sassafras can cause cancer. Should I …

Disease Control – Fungicides

A friend of mine recently told me about his drugstore …

Animal-named Plants

A readers recently posed an unusual question: “I am preparing …

Garden Phrases – Misunderstood

I was reading late at night recently when I came …

What to Do After the Easter 2007 Freeze

An extremely warm March in 2007 was followed by a …

Ordering Plants from a Catalog/By Mail

Buying plants from a distant provider is not without risks …

What to Expect After an Unexpected Freeze #1

An extremely warm March in 2007 was followed by a …

How To be Sherlock Holmes in the Landscape

I receive more than 5000 emails a year asking my …

How to Rekindle Romance in the Garden

George Ball, the proprietor of Heronswood Nursery (a part of …

Fruit – Pollination Requirements

In order for a plant to produce fruit, the flowers …

Parsley

Petroselinum crispum

taken from The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Book…

Fennel, Finocchio

Foeniculum vulgare
Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce

taken from The Georgia …

Dill

Anethum graveolens

taken from The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Book…

Rose – Carefree Varieties

My favorite breakfast cereal has been “improved” once again. Now …

Spider Mites – Control

Spider mites are difficult to control in the landscape. Symptoms …