Plant Problems

Learn how to avoid the many plant problems you'll run into when gardening - pests, diseases, and more. We provide treatment and prevention tips!

Close-up of a flowering Clematis plant features stunning pink flowers with delicate, layered petals and vibrant green, deeply lobed leaves with brown spots due to disease.

Plant Problems

5 Common Clematis Diseases and How to Treat Them

Clematis brings exotic beauty and vertical interest with its glorious flowers, vining stems, and attractive foliage, whether deciduous or evergreen. While a relatively carefree grower, clematis is susceptible to common fungal diseases that impact growth, flowering, and form. If detected early, plants can recover. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in a look at common issues for clematis and how to treat and prevent them.

Close-up of a red ladybug crawling along the stem of a plant, attracted by black aphids - showcasing natural predation to deter garden pests.

Garden Pests

5 Unique Ways to Deter Pests From Your Garden

There comes a time in the growing season when all the pests seem to have arrived, and we feel like we’re part of an endless cat-and-mouse game of chase. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she shares five unique ways to deter pests from the garden so you can enjoy all the fruits of your labor.

Close-up of a gardener's hand in a gray glove showing a slug eating arugula leaves in the garden due to mistakes made in pest control.

Garden Pests

7 Mistakes to Avoid When Fighting Garden Pests

Pest infestations can get out of hand quickly, but harsh sprays and reactive techniques aren’t always the answer. Some pest management mistakes can even make the bug pressure worse! In this article, former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains how to avoid the most common mistakes when fighting garden pests.

common garden diseases. Close-up of peony bushes affected by disease exhibit wilted, brown-orange leaves with crispy, dry edges, giving the foliage a scorched and unhealthy appearance.

Plant Diseases

23 Common Garden Diseases and How to Treat Them

Pests and diseases can be found in almost every garden. It’s part and parcel of growing plants outdoors, where they submit to the weather and potentially less-than-ideal conditions. However, there are some best practices that can help curtail potential disease issues. Not to mention that if a plant becomes infected, not all is lost! Gardening expert Kelli Klein walks you through 23 common garden diseases and how to treat them.

A ladybug with red wings rests on a green leaf, basking in the warm glow of sunlight, its delicate spots and tiny legs visible up close against the leaf's surface.

Garden Pests

Should You Buy Ladybugs as Natural Pest Control?

Ladybugs are voracious predators of garden pests, but purchasing these beneficial insects may not be the best form of pest control. Garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains how ladybugs can help control pests and why you don’t need to buy them.

Top view, close-up of a flowering Goutweed plant. Goutweed, also known as Aegopodium podagraria, is a vigorous ground cover plant with distinctive foliage and tiny white flowers. Its leaves are deeply lobed, resembling small umbrellas, and emerge in dense clusters from creeping stems. The foliage is variegated, featuring shades of green and white. Goutweed produces delicate clusters of small white flowers held above the foliage on slender stalks.

Weeds

How Do You Get Rid of Goutweed?

Wondering where that pretty patch of variegated, flowering ground cover on the side of your house came from? Beginning to worry that it might take over your whole yard if you don’t do something to stop it? Goutweed is a problem plant for many gardeners in North America, but it can be eliminated if you’re committed to doing so. In this article, master gardener Liz Jaros tells you how to identify goutweed, discusses the problems it creates, and suggests some tried and true methods for getting rid of it.

Close-up of a Mossy rose gall on a rose bush against a blurred green garden background. Mossy rose gall appear as abnormal growths on rose plants, resembling small, moss-covered balls. This gall is a rounded structure covered with a moss-like coating of a reddish-green color.

Garden Pests

What Is Mossy Rose Gall? Fuzzy Growths on Rose Bushes

Are you witnessing strange, fuzzy, colorful growths on your roses? Are you worried about the health of your rose and its neighboring garden plants? If you live in the U.S., you may be one of the few affected by mossy rose gall. In this article, gardening expert Taylor Sievers discusses this peculiar garden phenomenon. Spoiler alert: the answer may not be what you think!