As frustrating as aphids are, they're not difficult to remove from your plants. Plain soapy water does the trick, no harmful ...

How to Protect Hydrangeas From Pests. Hydrangeas aren't immune to common garden pests. Here's how to protect them from each ...

Healthy plants more easily repel insects and diseases, ... Aphids. One of the most common garden pests are aphids, small sap-sucking insects that love to dine on new growth.

Learn to identify common culprits damaging your plants. Discover what insects could be eating your plants and how to stop it.

Here’s how to protect your garden from pests and diseases Published: May. 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m. Scenes from the Lents Community Garden in Southeast Portland, April 21, 2021.

KEEPING your garden free from pests can be tricky if you’re not sure what you’re looking for. That’s why Morris Hankinson, ...

Sooty mold is another sign that your plants might have aphids. Aphids, along with other insects like mealybugs, soft scale, whiteflies, leafhoppers and psyllids, excrete a sugary material called ...

This July 5, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a scarlet lily beetle on an Asiatic lily stem on Long Island, N.Y. Caught early, the pests can be controlled by knocking them off plants ...

Pests, diseases negatively affect daylily appearance By Brenda Heinold - Victoria County Master Gardener InternEdited by Charla Borchers Leon Apr 30, 2017 ...

Q:I run the Children's Dance and Family Programs at the San Francisco Richmond District Y branch. My students, their parents and I have renovated our rooftop garden. It has been 1 1/2 years since ...

Radishes are small root vegetables that are compatible garden pals with zucchini because they grow underground. When grown together, they help the soil and ward off pests. "Radishes help break up the ...

Plant Diseases and Pests Are Oft-Ignored Climate-Linked National Security Risks. ... various species of the aphid—a major agricultural pest that causes direct crop damage through feeding while also ...