Beneficial garden insects and bugs do a stellar job of helping plants grow and keeping natural ecosystems in check.

3. Vegetables: Early plantings include lima bean, snap bean, corn, cucumber, eggplant, pepper, southern pea, rhubarb, squash, and tomato; End of the month crops ...

If you notice yellow crab spiders in your garden, you may be wondering what is attracting them. These flowers and plants may ...

Natural predators will be attracted to large numbers of aphids so sometimes you have to hold your nerve while waiting for them to find them! To attract the predators, grow plants with small ...

They stick to your cars, float into people's hair and usually get stuck on your clothes. Woolly aphids don't bite, pollinate or eat plants. However, they do feed off sap. "It looks like it's snowing ...

Aphids on every garden vegetable: Cluster of small, soft-bodied insects on buds and growth tips (gray, black, pink, green, ...

A crop entomologist at the University of Illinois says this summer was one of the worst on record for corn aphid infestations. Nick Seiter says portions of central Illinois were especially hard it.

Goldenrod is a native perennial that’s gaining popularity in gardens. Once considered more weedy than ornamental, many gardeners now plant this low-maintenance wildflower for its pretty bright ...

Fall blooming native plants, like the 2024 Cape Fear Native Plant Festival Plant of the Year, Goldenrod (Solidago spp.), provide a much-needed resource for pollinators as well as a pop of sunny ...

If your allergies act up in late summer, don’t blame goldenrod. “What’s making you sneeze is ragweed,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

He stressed that there is no threat of a dam breach or critical damage to the plant. Andrii Kovalenko, Director of Ukraine's Centre for Countering Disinformation, stated on his Telegram channel ...