Yellow sticky traps are a safe way to remove aphids. Purchase a couple of yellow sticky traps and place them near the plants.

A strong spray of water from your hose can safely knock aphids off pepper plants, but it may take a few rounds to fully clear them. Helpful insects like ladybugs and lacewings naturally control aphids ...

Those cottony clusters are actually pests. If your shrubs have distorted, yellowing, or curling leaves or their growth seems stunted, take a close look. Woolly aphids may be to blame. These insects ...

Alaska is huge, and most of us tend to concentrate on the big things she offers. However, there’s some really incredible stuff happening on a much smaller scale that we often ignore. Yes, I am getting ...

Bob Bertog, president of Bertog Landscape Co. in Wheeling and a certified landscape professional with the National Association of Landscape Professionals, joins John Williams to answer all of your ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...

After a five-year hiatus, the city of Longview is resurrecting the use of controversial insecticide to address aphid infestations on its trees. Council members on Thursday voted 4-2 directing city ...

Aphids are a plant pest that can quickly build up to large numbers. Based on questions I’ve had in May, this might be a good aphid year. Questions were related to aphids raining down from a pine tree, ...

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...