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Safe Ways to Manage Pests and Diseases in the Summer Therapeutic Horticulture Garden Therapeutic horticulture gardens offer a space for …

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has created a webpage warning, “Don’t touch these plants! Six lookalikes you want …

According to the Managing Backyards and Other Urban Habitats for Birds publication from NC State University, “Along with spring’s wildflowers …

The Flat Rock Park Pollinator Garden has seen some changes since 2017! After nearly eight years the garden has …

Home owners and home gardeners often express interest in environmentally friendly gardening and landscaping. As an alternative to pesticides …

During a walk at the Flat Rock Park I spotted one of my favorite small flowering trees. The tree …

The tomato plant, first cultivated by the Aztecs in pre-historic Mexico and spread across the globe by European exploration, …

‘Topping’ refers to the wholesale removal of most of the branches of a tree. Often this is done to …

The demonstration garden at Stanford L. Warren Library in Durham, NC isn’t just any garden; it’s a vibrant pollinator …
Winter is the time to plant backyard orchards. Fruit trees such as apples and pears as well as small …

Accidental herbicide damage to landscape plants and vegetables can happen when an herbicide moves from the target site of application …

Pollinators Native insect pollinators are important pollinators of our natural ecosystems while managed honeybees are important for food production. A …

Hydrangea arborescens or the Mountain Hydrangea grows wild in much of the southeast and mid-atlantic. The native hydrangea graces …

Hydrangeas sometimes get a burn on the leaves in the summer. This is called ‘hydrangea leaf scorch’. This is …

Woodpecker damage on mature ‘Nellie R. Stevens’ hollies is causing tree health problems including dieback and creating wounds for …

New Invasive Insect Pest Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive planthopper has been detected in Caldwell County, NC making it the …

Have you observed foamy wet blobs on your landscape plants in early summer? If so, it is likely spittle …

Mosquitoes can be bad in areas of our county. Unfortunately, there are no ‘environmentally friendly’ insectidal fogging options for …

This Entomology Insect Note discusses how to identify and manage common armored scale insects that …

This factsheet describes the biology of the maskell scale, Lepidosaphes maskelli, and provides residential management …
This guide is designed to help turf managers identify the major turfgrass pests found in …

This native plants chapter of the Extension Gardener Handbook defines the term native, why gardeners …

This field guide and linked resources provide information on basic insect identification, sampling methods, monitoring, …

This publication alerts prospective gardeners to some of the most common contaminants in urban soils, …

This factsheet describes the biology and disease control of Southern Blight in Herbaceous Ornamentals

This weeds chapter from the Extension Gardener Handbook discusses weed life cycles, how to properly …