Math was not my favorite subject in school, so I have always been a little wary of mathematical concepts. But growing roses introduced me to the disease triangle, which is one bit of geometry triangle ...

Checks and balances occur not only in our government, but also in gardens that are rich in beneficials and lush in plant diversity. These gardens benefit from a harmonious interplay of checks and ...

When battling plant diseases in the garden or landscape, knowing what conditions encourage disease can be helpful in preventing or reducing damage during the growing season. Obviously plant pathogens, ...

Every season brings a new slate of plant pathogens to our Florida lawns and gardens. Luckily, there are many tactics we can employ to help reduce their impact. Florida generally has a warm, humid ...

With the cool, wet weather comes the bane of gardeners — plant diseases. Diseases are generally bad news, whether it’s black spot on your roses, rust on your rhododendrons, downy mildew on your ...

On the third Saturday of each month, the Garden Wise column will focus on pests and pathogens that confront gardeners. Pests include such things as weeds, destructive insects and nematodes. Pathogens ...

All of us have had problems with disease in our garden or lawn at some time. It may be black spot on roses, blight on tomatoes, powdery mildew on a lilac hedge, fungus on the lawn, or tip blight on ...

Grace Trinkoff from Santa Rosa asks: What is it that causes plant diseases to occur some years and not others? The most basic idea behind a plant disease is that three things have to occur ...