Who is eating petals of Black-eyed Susan or Echinacea?

Hi, I planted this flower – the tag was saying ‘Black-eyed Susan (Pink)’ but I’m not sure anymore since everybody says they are Echinacea… – Those flower petals have been usually ruined by the end of summer. This year each…

Elderberry stopped flowering

We have several wild elderberry bushes. We have harvested the berries for over 20 years. Last year, two of the bushes produced almost no flower heads: in their place were ‘heads’ of very small leaves. The appearance is that the…

White Echinacea

I have under a large cedar tree a perennial rock garden by the shore of Lake Scugog. Plants include: Lilies, Allium, Columbine, Tickseed and several Echinacea in pink, red, white and apricot. For interest I do plant Lobelia. All of…

Disease in my linden tree

Hello Master Gardener, I live in Toronto. Purchased/ planted a linden tree last summer. A month after I planted it, I saw the leaves being unhealthy. This spring the tree is fully infested again with the same disease. The tree…