Question: I have a question about caterpillars that attack my geraniums every year at the end of July. They eat the budding flowers until they look like dried hollow shells of their former selves. The ...

A tiny pest that causes gardeners grief each year already is establishing itself in many landscapes, although it's full impact won't truly be felt until later this summer. The intruder is the tobacco ...

KENNEWICK -- Everything seemed to be going so well in my flower garden after the cold, wet spring and an unbelievably slow start to the season. Little did I know that my flowers, both annuals and ...

The baskets of petunias and geraniums are blooming beautifully. Then, suddenly, nothing. The plants still look healthy, but all the flowers are gone. What went wrong? A couple of years ago when it ...

I’ve heard from a few gardeners this season, asking about what’s happening to their flower buds. The damage, at first, seems like it may be rabbits, deer or groundhogs nibbling off the flower buds ...

The baskets of petunias and geraniums are blooming beautifully. Then, suddenly, nothing. The plants still look healthy, but all the flowers are gone. What went wrong? A couple of years ago when it ...

Maine Forest Service tried to recruit small landowners that couldn't participate in the early intervention program last year.

Q. The petunias we planted a month or two ago looked great until recently. Now the flowers are opening with holes chewed in them. How can I stop this damage? A. I start getting questions about this ...

We have a petunia plant that has small worms that eat the blossoms. What suggestion do you have to get rid of such worms? What you have is an insect that bothers lots of people throughout western ...

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Question: I just found out that geraniums aren’t actually geraniums! I’ve been growing them in a porch pot for years and didn’t realize there’s also a perennial called a geranium. What’s the ...