Ladybug Blog

• Pollinator plants for blooms all season
  In nature, there are plants blooming all season to provide plenty of food for diverse pollinator species. On the other hand, in many yards and gardens there are times of the year when few, if any, plants are blooming. In the home landscape there tends to be many spring blooming plants but not as many […]
• Plant Galls – Natural Oddities Worth Looking For
  Plant galls are oddities of the plant world created by insects, mites or pathogens whose activity or natural chemicals manipulate plant hormones which then cause abnormal tissue growth. Fungal galls can indicate a serious problem that may eventually severely damage or kill the plant, but galls caused by arthropods very often cause no serious damage […]
• Two of a Kind – Volutella Blight vs Boxwood Blight
  Boxwoods are frequent patients at the Plant Diagnostic Lab. Although they are very pleasing to the eye when perfectly manicured and sculpted, it is a rare sight to see a boxwood left unscathed by disease. Boxwoods are not the most resilient plants, susceptible to a host of pests and pathogens. Two of the most common […]