Question: Several of my perennials and tree's leaves in my backyard get leaf miners every year. I've tried many insecticides (the latest was Sevin powder) already, but they don't work. Is there ...

Systemic insecticides for spotted lanternflies can harm pollinators. Physically remove spotted lanternfly egg masses before they hatch. Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU ...

What about ivy that grows up a tree? How harmful is that to a tree? Also, I have a mature sunburst locust tree. In the spring, it gets leafhoppers. In the fall, it gets small webs in the cluster of ...

We went through a long, cold winter. The warm, sunny days of spring are starting to roll in. When we get outside to work in the yard, we are going to want to focus our time on the yard and garden ...

Q: We have two 13-year-old hollies on the north side of our house that have been infested with scale. The new growth put out since I pruned in March is unaffected, but I see there are white egg sacs ...

Scale insects can infest and damage many of the plants we grow in our landscapes and indoors. They feed on the sap of plants, and a large enough population can weaken a plant, damage it or even kill ...

Ms. Van Mullekom: Your column in Sunday’s Daily Press about crape myrtles was very timely. All of my old oak and maple trees have either been blown down or died from old age. A couple of years ago I ...