Learn how to identify, prevent, and treat powdery mildew with this guide. Discover organic and chemical treatment options, as well as management strategies for long-term control.

Visit a globally rare ecosystem where Virginia’s native pitcher plants are being preserved. Then tour a private garden to learn about plants with properties that can be toxic to pets. Engage with us ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We like to think of perennials as the backbone of a thriving garden. They act as reliable performers that come back every year with amazing ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

Planthoppers and leafhoppers not only feed on rice plants but also act as highly efficient vectors for plant viruses, causing ...

Winter doesn’t have to mean a lifeless garden or a silent backyard. Even when frost creeps in and most plants retreat, some ...

The words “pollination” and “flower” may seem inseparable, but plants began courting insects millions of years before they evolved flashy petals. Now we know how they may have done it: not with ...

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Plants mobilize their immune defenses far earlier than scientists have believed for decades—and through a previously ...

Common European spittlebugs secretly spread a deadly bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa, threatening over 600 plant species.

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