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Snake plant, mother-in-law’s or devil’s tongue, ribbon plant and friendship tree are just some of...

With the end of the growing season, plants prepare for the cold of winter by...

While most conifers are evergreen, keeping their needles for about 3-5 years until they are...

In many parts of Massachusetts, Fall 2024 is shaping up to be a dry season...

  Asters are a wonderful group of plants for fall.  Between the 100+ different species...

While summer brings a different type of allergen in that tree pollen gives way to...

Four species of Ophiognomonia (O. alni-viridis, O. hiawathae, O. intermedia and O. michiganensis), Cryptocline betularum, Marssonina betulae, and Colletotrichum are known to occur on birch...

In this article I want to highlight three plants that certainly have their charms where...

Sooty mold is a dark colored fungus that grows on honeydew excreted by piercing sucking...

The magnolia scale (Neolecanium cornuparvum) can grow up to ½ inch in length, making it...

Common Purslane, Carpetweed and Spotted Spurge At this point in summer, lawns in particular can...

Striped cucumber beetles (SCB) are approximately 7 mm-long, yellow beetles with three black stripes that...

Since mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide we breathe out, unless we stop breathing,...

Allium, more specifically those grown for their ornamental flowers, are a great addition to flower...

Weston mourns the loss of Wayne Mezitt.

Many species of ants invade lawns throughout New England. Ants normally prefer dry, well drained...

Blossom end rot is a noninfectious, physiological disorder of tomatoes and peppers, caused by a...

On trees and shrubs, the most common powdery mildew fungi include Erysiphe, Phyllactinia and Podosphaera.

Earwigs, slugs and snails require humid, damp habitats for shelter and reproduction. They hide during...

The Japanese beetle is an invasive insect native to Japan. It was introduced to the...

If you grow lilies, then be well aware of the lily leaf beetle, its life...

National Blueberry Month is an annual observation during the entire month of July. The National...

The boxwood psyllid is a pest of nearly all boxwoods (Buxus spp.). It causes minor damage...

The native fungal pathogen Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae causes cedar-apple rust. Many rust fungi require two botanically...

Septoria leaf spot caused by Septoria lycopersici is one of the most destructive diseases of...

Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica) is extremely susceptible to this pest. Also sometimes found on Leucothoe....

The birch leaf miner (Fenusa pusilla) feeds primarily upon three host plants: gray birch, paper...

Rose and pear slugs are actually two different insects with many similarities. Neither is a...

By Thomas Christopher In the fall of 2021, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, planted the...

The fungus Taphrina deformans causes peach leaf curl. Taphrina deformans can infect peach (Prunus persica) and nectarine (P....