Weeds make for extra work in the garden and compete with the plants we’re actually trying to grow. We have a couple of great articles with strategies forreducing garden weedsandorganic ways to control themon this site. But here, I thought I would help identify a few types of common gard...
which spreads most easily in high humidity. Foliage of affected plants becomes discolored or develops spots. The needles and shoots may eventually wilt, die and fall off the tree. Botrytis blight is often identified by gray-brown spore masses on twigs, which may experience dieback as decay...
Normally I don’t go looking for trouble, but it is the best way to head off potential problems in the garden. Keep your eyes open when you are weeding and you may be surprised by the kinds of pests you find. Look for telltale signs of common garden pests like holes in leaves, egg...
Not for nothing are the leaves described as "sword-like" - they are capable of inflicting a deep cut in hands not protected by gloves! Winter protection is essential. Either bring the plants inside or provide them with a deep mulch. 10 . What type of soil do Azaleas require in order t...
Aphids are tiny insects that attach themselves to the leaves and stems of the foxglove plant. When they do they eat the plant and cause it to become discolored. Over time as the infestation of aphids gets worse the plant will die. Nearby plants will also become infected with aphids after ...
LEAVES Mulberry leaves are often lobed or heart-shaped, though they vary in shape by variety as well as on an individual tree. The deeply-lobed leaves resemble those of fig trees, which, incidentally, are in the same family. Leaves grow in an alternate pattern and have short petioles, the...
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Here we address patterns and drivers of the shoot senescence of perennial herbaceous plants. We present a comparative study of 231 temperate species, ranging from spring ephemeroids to species senescing in late autumn, in a common botanical garden collection. We assessed senescence by measuring size...
by a suite of non-metal contaminants, all of which present toxic risks, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals,petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, weedicides and asbestos fibres. The spatial heterogeneity ofurban soilcontamination across cities and individual garden lots is not well understood ...
Identifying early life-stage transitions limiting seagrass recruitment could improve our ability to target demographic processes most responsive to management. Here we determine the magnitude of life-stage transitions along gradients in physical disturba