Rain Related Landscape Problems
Over the last few years of heavy rain, we get a lot of questions about high water tables, natural …
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Pest Alert - Brown Patch on Fescue
Brown Patch is a disease caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani. Rhizoctonia causes turfgrass disease in western North Carolina …
Plant Health Alert - Plant Problems Related to Excessive Rain
This summer has been wet and that is taking its toll on some of our landscape plants. The N.C. …
What Is Causing My Tomato Leaves to Curl?
The majority of homeowner calls this month have been related to tomato issues. If you have grown tomatoes before, …
Fireflies or Lightning Bugs?
From the NC State University Homegrown Video Series… One of the more magical moments of summer each year is the …
Plant Health Alert - Browning Needles in Conifers
Browning needles in the interior of conifers is a natural part of the tree getting larger and older. Conifers such …
Pest Alert - Carpenter Bees
Carpenter Bees Every year carpenter bees attack wood around homes. The female bee bores a half inch hole into wooden …
Collecting Rainwater at Home
The rainy summers of the past few years helped gardeners in Henderson County forget that we need to irrigate …
Slime Molds- Not a Pest
There are many unusual forms of life on this planet. Man has classified the different types of life into …
Pest Alert - Hemlock Hydrangea Rust
Hemlock hydrangea rust is caused by the fungus Pucciniastrum hydrangeae. This rust is leaf disease of smooth hydrangea Hydrangea …
Pest Alert - Bagworms
Bagworm Caterpillars Description and Seasonal Development The bagworm is a caterpillar that feeds on all manner of trees and shrubs. The …
Pest Alert - Pine Bark Adelgid
Do you have white pines that look like someone painted the trunk white? If so, you might have Pine …
Pest Alert - Rust on Roses
Rose rust disease has been showing up on ‘knock out’ roses lately. This fungus is a common infection in roses. Rose rust is …
Pest Alert - European Hornets
European hornets are non-native insects that have been in the country for a very long time. The ancestors of …
Pest Alert - Aphids
Aphids are wreaking havoc with garden plants in Henderson County in 2021. We have been getting numerous questions …
Blue Ghost Fireflies- Do You Have Them in Your Woods?
Blue ghost fireflies appear around Hendersonville and Asheville, North Carolina for just two weeks or so each year. Blue …
Invasive Plant ID and Removal Workshop
Event: Invasive Plant ID and Removal Workshop Date: June 11 Time: 9:30 a.m.–noon Location: Rugby Middle School; 3345 Haywood Road, Hendersonville, NC …
Blooming at Bullington Gardens
In the early 1970s when Bob Bullington established his home, garden and nursery on what is now Bullington Gardens, …
Warm, Dry Weather Means Water Plants
The next weeks will see us experiencing temperatures in the high eighties and very little rain. It has been …
Information on Terrestrial Flatworms and Hammerhead Worms
As if Asian giant hornets weren’t enough, this year also saw media attention on a lesser-known, but bizarre, group …
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