Roses look beautiful, smell fantastic, and come in a plethora of sizes and colors, it is no surprise that they are backyard heroes year-after-year. Unfortunately, there are lots of pests out there ...

In a perfect world, a rose garden would have no pests. This is wishful thinking and is never going to happen. So, the second-best option in a rose garden is that the pests be easy to spot. “Plain view ...

It’s early spring and our roses have taken the stage. They are adorning our gardens with their big, breathtaking blooms. Spoiler alert … anxiety will soon challenge our peaceful bliss, because where ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — On this edition of Weekend ...

Q: Something is eating roses, there is almost nothing left of the leaves. What causing this and what to do about it? • Beth from Youngstown A: Several pests can skeletonize rose leaves to the point of ...

All our late winter/early spring pruning efforts are now paying off with lush, tender leaves and buds starting to cover once bare rose canes. How beautiful our gardens are in spring when all the roses ...

CORVALLIS – You look around the garden and see aphids suck the life out of your rose buds, flea beetles chomp on the cauliflower and cabbage butterflies lay eggs that will turn into voracious ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Rose diseases commonly encountered in the St. Louis area include black spot, powdery mildew and rose rosette. Black spot is ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about what may be causing holes in rose and bean leaves and how to determine how recent, brief rainfalls affect how much we should water our plants and lawns ...

CHICO — Garden insects good and bad will be the focus for the next Butte Rose Society meeting at 7 p.m. April 30 at the Chico Veterans Memorial Hall, 554 Rio Lindo Ave. Speaker Elizabeth Boyd will ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.