Lawn & Garden

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf. These diseases may strike peonies anywhere in Wisconsin. Although distinct, Phytophthora and Botrytis are dis...

Author(s) Brian R. Smith, Daniel L. Mahr, Patricia S. McManus, Teryl R. Roper. A variety of raspberries-black, purple, and yellow as well as red-c...

Author(s) Teryl R. Roper, Daniel L. Mahr, Patricia S. McManus. Apricot, cherry, peach, and plum trees produce some of the tastiest fruit available...

Author(s) Christelle Guédot, Jed Colquhoun, Glenn Nice, Leslie Holland. Revised March 2024. The latest recommendations for disease, insect, and wee...

Author(s) Christelle Guédot, Janet van Zoeren. In the summer of 2016, the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) was detected for the first time in agr...

Author(s) P. S. McManus, M. F. Heimann Sooty blotch and flyspeck are separate diseases that often occur together on apple and pear fruit during l...

Author(s) Patti Nagai. The concept of a community garden often varies from person to person and community to community. In this publication, you'...

Author(s) Joe Muellenberg, Lesly Scott. Youth gardens are popping up everywhere: schools, parks, churches, and community centers. This new public...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Angular leaf spot is a bacterial disease that can be economically damaging to cucumbers, honeydew melon,...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Phytophthora blight is a fungal disease capable of completely destroying zucchini, pumpkin, summer squas...

Author(s) R. C. Williamson, P. J. Pellitteri. White grubs feeding on the turfgrass roots can cause either irregular patches or uniformly thin, dro...

Author(s) Amanda Gevens, Jaime Wilbur. Late blight can result in complete destruction of tomato crops if left unmanaged. Learn about the symptoms...

Author(s) Karen Delahaut, Walt Stevenson. Both early blight and Septoria leaf spot are potentially serious diseases that affect the leaves, stems,...

Author(s) R. C. Williamson, P. J. Pellitteri. Tiny aphid-like insects frequently cause unusual swellings called galls at or near the ends of spruc...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf, P. J. Pellitteri. Sooty mold can be found on virtually any plant in the state. Nearly all shade trees and eve...

Author(s) Stan Binnie. Home construction can easily damage or even kill prized and valuable landscape trees. Learn the simple steps of safely prot...

Author(s) Amanda Gevens, Jaime Wilbur. Late blight affects a variety of plants in the Solanaceae family but is best known for its destruction of ...

Author(s) R. Chris Williamson. A serious insect pest of turfgrass, the northern masked chafer is a beetle species that has been reported in two so...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf. Physical damage to the trunk—caused by sunscald or even lawn mower damage—opens the way for a fungal infectio...

Author(s) M.F. Heimann, G.L. Worf. Fire blight sometimes causes dramatic and serious damage, blackening leaves and either the vegetative shoots or...

Author(s) C. F. Koval, D. L. Mahr, P. J. Pellitteri. Cottony maple scale is an insect that can infest the twigs of maples and other shade trees wi...

Author(s) J. A. Wyman, P. J. Pellitteri. Insect illustrations aid you in identifying garden pests. Descriptions of cultural, mechanical, and chem...

Author(s) C. A. Johnson, R. C. Williamson. The linden borer (Saperda vestita Say) is a native insect found throughout northeastern North America t...

Author(s) G. L. Worf, M. F. Heimann. The honeylocust has become an increasingly important street and landscape tree in Wisconsin. Finer textured a...