Q: I have a question/suggestion about your advice about aphids published March 29. I have dealt with aphids on trees, especially over the last two years on box elders and on heuchera and roses.

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...

Our roses are gearing up to bloom after a winter of rest. But while we patiently wait for flower heads to burst open, aphids may already be gathering on the buds. Known for feeding on rose sap, aphids ...

Gardeners on social media are buzzing about the pesky aphid problem that tends to wreak havoc on our beloved roses in the summertime, sucking sap and causing all sorts of unsightly issues. But worry ...

Q: I have a couple of old sad rose bushes in the front yard, west-facing right against the house, that are driving me MAD. I noticed aphids on both in mid-February and did what you’ve always suggested ...

According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, aphids are "small, soft-bodied insects that feed by sucking the nutrient-rich liquids out of plants. In large numbers, they can weaken plants significantly, ...

Q: Each year the late summer bloom cycle of our roses-of-Sharon is ruined by small white insects and black mold. What is this, and how can we save the blooms? A: The black mold is sooty mold, the same ...

Sylvia Passe shows a rose bush infested with aphids in her Ponderosa garden. The cool, damp weather this spring has produced a lot of tender growth on the roses which attracted the aphids. Passe and ...

Known for feeding on rose sap, aphids are a minor pest that can cause curled leaves, distorted buds and sticky residue that coats the leaves. They rarely kill established plants, but heavy aphid ...