Abutilon
We are wintering our Abutilon. We have done it before successfully but this year something is different. In the attached photo you will see how the green bark has been stripped away and we do not understand if it is…
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Cedar hedges
I can’t believe it’s due to deer eating the new growth only.
What else can I do to save them.…
Miniature Orange Tree has mites
Hi, I put this plant outdoors in the summer as it loves the heat. I recently noticed in the sunlight around it what looked like tiny specs of dust, but then I noticed they moved back and forth like tiny…
Small black caterpillars on viburnum – Viburnum leaf beetle *
Hello, I have a viburnum shrub that is about 30 yrs old. Has always done so beautifully with lots of blooms. This year after 3 days all the leaves were destroyed by these very small black caterpillar-like insects. They are…
Viburnum Mohican “pests”- Viburnum beetle*
I have two mature viburnum bushes in my backyard and every year the leaves are being eaten by small grey-ish insects (a bit smaller than a maggot) and the leaves are turned into “skeletons”. I have done some research and…
Hicks Yew Patchy Brown After Winter
Hi – please see attached picture of yews. I live in Oakville and although we had a long winter, it hadn’t been a really cold winter. My front yard has southern exposure so the sun is always facing the yews.…
Cherry Tree -Black Knot *
My cherry tree has a big knob on one of the branches I was wondering what it is. It is in full sun. We have clay soil. I think we are in zone 5 here in Schomberg ON…
Rodents and Raised Garden Beds*
Hi, I live in East York. I am building a raised garden bed. It’ll be about 32inches above ground, and I am using panels with chicken wire on top for rodents trying to climb in. I am wondering how concerned…
Camperdown Weeping Elm*
Leaf Miner and dead branches pruned out. Always used Cygon 2. Think no longer available. 2 methods add ring around trunk or my choice was TSP full around the drip line spaced out. 1 Tea spoon of Cygon for every…
Will Rats Eat Bulbs in a City Garden?*
To my horror I recently spotted a rat in my townhouse garden, a first in thirty years of living here (North York). I have followed all the hints on the internet (no food or water, clean up leaf debris, etc.)…