Question: Several shrubs in the landscape need trimming, including a copper leaf and awabuki viburnum. When can I do the pruning? Answer: A general rule with landscape shrubs and trees is to trim the ...

Q. For the second year my crape myrtle has been affected by a black powdery disease that causes the leaves to turn yellow and drop. I have treated it with two different types of fungicide, one of them ...

Gardenia needs neem oil to get rid of 'sooty mold' Q: My gardenia bush has some type of growth on the branches, along with black smutty stuff on the leaves. Many of the branches are dying, and the ...

Pruning is my favorite gardening task, and now is a suitable time to start pruning shrubs that have put on growth and need shaping. Prune them as needed to keep them at the proper scale for your ...

A: What you are seeing is a fungus called sooty mold. You will also see it on crape myrtle leaves after crape myrtle aphids and scale insects attack them. You will also see the mold on Texas sage, ...

Q: Black sooty mold is on my crape myrtle. What causes it, and how do I treat it? Also, are wasps around my house because some of the shrubs have scale? How do I treat that? A: Aphids are crape pests ...

The leaves of some of the magnolia trees in our homeowners association appear to be covered with sooty mold. Would appreciate your thoughts as to what problem might be. It is important to apply a ...

Q Some of my fruit trees have already bloomed and others will soon. Is it too late to prune some limbs from these trees? I live in north Mississippi, if that matters. A Unless the limb or branch is ...