Insects/Diseases

Give insects a pardon, most are harmless and really cool looking up close.
Remember, they spread the paint that colors our gardens.

Insects and Diseases

                     Just The Facts

--- Insects and diseases attack the same plants at the same time
     every year. Know your plants and what to expect.

--- Know when the insects eggs will hatch.  This is the best time to
     eliminate.

--- What triggers disease? When you know your plants, you
     know their triggers and you can treat early.

--- Rejuvenation pruning and thinning of certain plants can eliminate
     insects and lessen disease. This also reduces pesticide use.

--- Realize a certain amount of insects are tolerable. Only you
     know your threshold for damage. If you need chemicals, use
     them but read labels and be safe. Remember, using more
     chemical will not kill the insect any better or faster than the
     labeled rate.

Diseases Of Landscape Plants

Anthracnose

Black Spot

Cedar Rust on Ornamental Plants

Diplodia

Fireblight

Phomopsis and Kabatina Blight on Junipers

Powdery Mildew

What's Bugging Your Plants?

Systemic Insecticides

1. Ambush Bug-Harmless

2. Aphids-Trouble April thru August

3. Bagworms-Trouble July thru August

Bagworm damage

4. Ground Beetle-Good predator

5. Boxelder Bug-Harmless but a nuisance

6. Bronze Borer-Trouble July thru August

Bores holes in Ash and Birch tree bark eventually killing the tree

7. Cankerworm-Trouble

8. Earwig-Harmless

9. Eastern Tent Caterpillars-Trouble April thru May

10. Fall web worm

11. Hemlock Wooly Adelgid and Pine Bark Adelgid-Trouble

12. Lacebug-Trouble April thru August

13. Lacewing-Ladybug larvae-Good Predator

14. Leaf Miner- Minimal trouble

15. Mice, Rats and Moles-Trouble Always

16. Scale-Trouble May thru Sptember

17. Spider Mites-Trouble April thru September