1. Yellow Woodsorrel  Oxalis stricta 2. Carolina Geranium Geranium carolinianum 3. Annual Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus 4. Dollarweed Hydrocotyle sp. 5. Henbit  Lamium amplexicaule 6. Bristly Mallow  Modiola caroliniana 7. Dandelion Taraxacum officinale 8. Horse...

Scale can be a problem on purple wintercreeper euonymus although not as bad as on euonymus shrubs. If you notice white or manila spots on the leaves of this groundcover, check the underside of the leaves and if you see scale you can control it. Also if the plants seem...

What do you do about leaf-rollers on Cannas, Vinca Minor and Vinca Major?   Systemic insecticides are a special group of insecticides that are taken up into the plant through its leaves or through its roots. Unlike most insecticides that remain on the foliage,...

Is black mold on a bag of peat moss dangerous to breathe? It is never a good thing to breathe black mold. If you find this before making your purchase, leave it alone and go to another bag. If you have already purchased the bag and for some reason you then find the...

How to control nutsedge in flowerbeds especially in daylilies. For years, two of the more difficult to control weeds in ornamental beds were bermudagrass and the sedges such as yellow and purple nutsedge (commonly known as nutgrass). While there were several...

The common bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth), is an interesting caterpillar. The most commonly observed form of this pest is the spindle-shaped silk bag camouflaged with bits of foliage, bark and other debris. Completed bags range from 1-1/2 to 2-1/2...

pider Mite: Mites are not insects but are more closely related to spiders are serious pests of juniper. They are very small and not seen easily with the naked eye. They have piercing mouthparts that they use to suck plant sap. Their feeding results in speckling...

Grass burs are an annual grassy weed. It is important to realize they are an annual. The grass bur needs a seed to create new plant and not a rhizome. The life cycle of these plants are: 1. Burs or seeds germinate in spring, a grass like weed will develops in the...

How Best To Grow a Crape Myrtle and What Disease Effects Them? Summer in Texas would not be complete without the abundance of crape myrtle flowers now beginning to be conspicuous over most of the state. Proper fertilization and pruning usually result in a long display...

My Chinese Pistache tree has brown tipped leaves. What is the solution? It is hard to diagnose this without seeing the tree or at least a picture of the tree. In our opinion, there could be various reasons for the brown tipped leaves. If it is a newly planted tree,...