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Informational table showing disease name, symptoms, pathogen/cause, and management of Maple diseases.

Informational table showing disease name, symptoms, pathogen/cause, and management of Oak diseases.

Integrating drones into pest management strategies, even at scales as small as a single tree, represents an evolution of agriculture and urban forestry.

Looking for another large native shrub that creates a woodland edge effect? One that adds interest to the landscape when no other plants are blooming?

This beautiful shrub is a lovely addition to an understory planting, shrub border, or even native landscape.

One of my favorite native trees from back in my forestry days is Carpinus caroliniana, or American hornbeam, blue beech, or musclewood.

Informational table showing disease name, symptoms, pathogen/cause, and management of Spruce diseases.

Informational table showing disease name, symptoms, pathogen/cause, and management of Boxwood diseases.

Certain diseases of trees weaken their structure and create a hazardous situation where serious damage could result from falling limbs or the toppling of the entire tree.

Of the two major types of diseases of woody ornamentals—biotic and abiotic—abiotic diseases are by far the most important ones on landscape and nursery plants.

Next growing season, why not use some natural pest management? Any landscape, nursery, or greenhouse can contain a large number of beneficial insects and arachnids.

Meet the tiny predator, the dustywing!

Learn the best ways to prevent and remedy damage to trees and shrubs caused by ice and snow.

Many people mistakenly believe that fruit trees come true to name from seeds, but the seeds from a fruit actually produce a new variety that is a hybrid of two plants.

Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, is a threat to Pennsylvania and the United States, and experts are still learning how to combat it.

Walnuts and hickories produce the chemical juglone (5 hydroxy-1,4- napthoquinone), which is exuded from all parts of the plant.

Very few plants will grow when soil is constantly saturated; however, some trees, shrubs, and ground covers are more tolerant of wet sites than others.

Residences benefit from trees and shrubs planted specifically to block unwanted views or prevailing winds.

Proper pruning of landscape trees improves their structural strength, maintains their health, enhances their beauty, and increases their value.

Mulches are materials placed over the soil surface to enhance landscape beauty, improve soil conditions, protect plants from foot traffic and lawn equipment, and suppress weeds.

This article explains hardiness and site requirements, landscape use, and characteristics of selected evergreen plants.