Viral, bacterial or fungal plant diseases can affect plants in many different ways. Some are asymptomatic (meaning they show no symptoms), while others can kill an entire plant in short order. Some ...

This surprising garden task will protect your plants from diseases and pests this fall — and we often don’t do it.

Plant diseases are unavoidable — especially in central North Carolina, where our summers are extra hot and extra humid. But that doesn’t necessarily mean our plants are ruined. The News & Observer ...

Why pull dead plants in fall? It's often the best way to prevent pest and disease problems in spring, pro gardeners say.

With the cool, wet weather comes the bane of gardeners — plant diseases. Diseases are generally bad news, whether it’s black spot on your roses, rust on your rhododendrons, downy mildew on your ...

Henry Homeyer says it is important to clean up the vegetable garden now in order to avoid overwintering diseases.

October gardening tips for outdoor flowering plants, ornamentals and vegetable gardening are provided in this week's column.

I am not complaining about the weather. On second thought, I am going to complain about the weather. I can’t take much more of this cool, cloudy stuff. Bring on the hot times in our region. As ...

As the crisp air of autumn settles over Iowa and the trees begin their colorful transformation, gardeners are turning their attention to one of the most important, and often overlooked tasks of the ...

When battling plant diseases in the garden or landscape, knowing what conditions encourage disease can be helpful in preventing or reducing damage during the growing season. Obviously plant pathogens, ...

As the hot and humid weather continues, gardeners are being advised by Chris Bonnett, founder of GardeningExpress on the summer plant diseases to look out for, how to identify them and what can be ...