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  • August Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … seed heads. See our three-part  seed saving video series  for seed collection and storage tips. Check with your  local … for plant moisture to escape.    Brown patch  is a common fungal disease of tall fescue lawns that creates thin, brown … contact multiple companies so you can compare prices and treatment plans. Most companies provide free estimates, at …

  • Conserve Water In Your Landscape

    … , Adam’s Needle Yucca (Yucca filamentosa), Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), and Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) . …

  • Bacterial Leaf Spot and Leaf Blight Disease on English Ivy

    … of infected leaves or by mechanical removal such as with a lawn mower set at the highest setting. Removal of fallen …

  • Slime Mold - Lawns

    … blades Updated: March 1, 2023 Slime molds don't cause diseases on turfgrasses but occasionally cause concern when …

  • Powdery Mildew - Lawns

  • Natural Area Management Services Providers Directory listings

    … of Maryland Extension . Chosen tree management Converting lawn to wildflower and pollinator meadows Enhancing privacy …

  • Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden

    … and oak species.  Consider replacing some of your lawn  ( Lawn Alternatives )  – Lawns provide little support for … and thymes).  Provide food for bees  –  Due to insects and diseases honeybee populations have declined and native bees …

  • Diseases

    … and Nursery IPM Alert (links are set back to 2018)   DISEASES DATE OF REPORT Anthracnose 19May24 (on strawberry) … and Botryosphaeria on Leyland cypress) Cherry shot hole diseases 20Nov13 , 20May22 , 20Apr03 18Jul06 16May13, 16Apr01 … (update), 23Mar31 (disease control) 22Sep09 (late season diseases), 22Mar25   21Aug27 (late season apple diseases), …

  • May Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … and replaced with less susceptible plant species.    Spotted lanternfly  (SLF) eggs will start hatching nymphs …

  • April Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … Solidago rigida ], raspberry canes [ Rubus  spp.]).  Pests Spotted lanternfly  (SLF) eggs will start hatching in April … recommended control approach is to physically kill any spotted lanternflies that are reachable safely ( mechanical …