Answer: It sounds like your Veronica (speedwell) and Phlox plants have powdery mildew — a very common disease found on ornamental plants. Powdery mildews are host specific, so the powdery mildew ...

Both in neighboring home gardens and at my own home these days, I am seeing powdery mildew. Powdery mildew is a disease that causes a grayish, powdery film on leaves, but it is nothing to worry about ...

Powdery mildew - a disease that causes a grayish, powdery film on leaves - is present now. Common plants that can get powdery mildew are lilacs, phlox, bee balm, zinnias and nannyberry viburnum. This ...

Whether to prune perennials in November depends on the type of plant. Plants with powdery mildew should be pruned in fall to prevent spread of disease. Leaving plant growth intact in spring can ...

In late summer, many of our favorite shrubs and flowers develop a funny, grayish-white powder-like coating on the top of their leaves. Lilacs, roses, bee balm, tall garden phlox, peonies, asters and ...

Several readers ask if it’s too late to plant peas, greens, daffodils, pumpkins and more. Given the late, cold spring, cool weather crops like peas and most greens will do fine in the garden now and ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Now is the time of year, you’re likely to notice problem insects and plant diseases in your garden. With warmer than average temps, the threat of drought, notwithstanding ...

Every summer your bee balm turns white and tatty, then stops feeding bees just when they need it most. One quick spring task ...

Q: I have a crape myrtle and every year it is covered in a whitish powder. I have been told it is powdery mildew but I don’t know how to control it. A: Powdery mildew is a plant disease caused by a ...

A key to surviving in the wild is fighting off infection -- and not just once. For plants, as with humans, one infection may or may not leave a plant with lasting immunity. Biologists conducted a ...