What might look like a fungus on a rose is actually tiny pests. Every year I have a single rose that seems to get eaten alive by these bugs. Rose Leafhopper Edwardsiana rosae (Linnaeus) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). This guy will cause damage to bottom of rose leaves and can attack a variety of trees like apple,… Continue reading Spot the Rose Pests
Category: Problem Plants
The silver maple comes down, well mostly
Who cries when a tree is cut down? Yep it’s me. Today I say goodbye to the silver maple. It is so hard to make a decision about cutting down a 40 year old tree. Its been ailing for a very long time. Every big wind some large limb comes down. And still, I have… Continue reading The silver maple comes down, well mostly
Another powdery mildew victim
Powdery mildew — an ever present danger in Colorado gardens. To battle it on a peony I am trying a top coat of a mouthwash solution. Paeonia ‘Dr Alexander Fleming’ 9/4/2016 powdery mildew. 30% solution mouthwash applied to leaves. Trimmed lower leaves. 11/1/2016 Update The mouthwash treatment kept mildew at bay for a couple weeks,… Continue reading Another powdery mildew victim
Serious Powdery Mildew on Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle vines are vigorous plants that tolerate many growing conditions. My Lonicera Sipervens ‘Pink Lemonade‘ has been moved from house to house and landed in a very shady part of the front yard. It has done well there until 2014, an unusually wet year. Water combined with poor air flow created perfect conditions for the… Continue reading Serious Powdery Mildew on Honeysuckle
Hybrid tea rose with yellowing leaves – UPDATE
Today I posted a question to CSU’s Plant Talk to help with my new rose I planted not long ago in the front yard. I’ve never used this service before so we’ll see what they say. The rose is a Week’s Nursery plant that was wonderfully healthy when I purchased it from Creekside Gardens in… Continue reading Hybrid tea rose with yellowing leaves – UPDATE
First Square Garden – Lessons
This year was quite a good year for learning in my first square foot garden. Having so many lessons also means having little yield. But I would rather learn many lessons in a single year than struggle for years to come. Today is Day 70 Lesson 1. More Sun Veges other than leaf varieties really… Continue reading First Square Garden – Lessons
Spring in January?
There is nothing like a warm day in January to awake the gardening bug. Colorado has had another one of those strange winters where the cold snap in January is non-existent and our mountain snow pack is ensuring water restrictions come summer. But what a lovely 60+ degree day to head out and do some… Continue reading Spring in January?
Propagating Geraniums
Taking Cuttings Annuals can add such striking color in our gardens. But like everyone else I am looking for ways to stretch my gardening budget. One way is propagation. Normally I purchase a couple hanging planters each year to give my patio some color. Our local nursery grows wonderful geraniums that just burst with flowers. Each… Continue reading Propagating Geraniums
Soil Testing
For the longest time, I was convinced that not having an automatic sprinkler was the main reason I killed plants. After many years of watching plants shrivel and die I got a new system and ‘oila’ I had plants that thrived like my neighbors. Well no that’s not true. Many of the plants that needed… Continue reading Soil Testing
Evergreens with winterburn
So how did the garden fare over the 2010 winter? Well not so great. From July through December, only 4.8 inches of snowfall was recorded at the official DIA weather station. This is the second lowest half season snowfall on record, and a dry winter can take its toll on non-native plants. For more… Continue reading Evergreens with winterburn