I always thought that Japanese beetle infestations were at their worst in July. Why then, are they suddenly attacking some of my roses in August?
I’ve luckily never had too much trouble with Japanese beetles. Only a few here and there each year, whereas I hear from some gardeners that their roses and other [...]
A visitor to As the garden grows told me that they’d seen some tiny red bugs on their bearded Iris leaves. Blasting the plant with water didn’t help because the bugs came back out again once the leaves dried off.
Spraying the plants with a blast of water was actually a good move and it [...]
In many parts of North America and other areas of the world gardeners have traded their backyard gardening for indoor houseplant gardening. Bringing some plants in from outdoors, and tending to others that are indoors all year round.
Every home owner who keeps houseplants will encounter, at one time or another the dreaded house plant [...]
