Scale insects are one of the most common and tenacious pest of ornamental plants. “Scales are tiny insects that appear rounded and flat with a waxy coating, like a little shield,” says Alejandro ...

Spring beauty is fleeting, and so is the opportunity to stop scale insects that live on the bark of magnolia trees and suck their sap. “With scale insects, timing is everything,” said Sharon Yiesla, ...

Magnolia shrubs usher in warm spring weather with gorgeous blooms. But the shrubs and small trees are susceptible to scale ...

Crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state of Delaware, are prized for their beauty, exfoliating bark in shades of silver and cinnamon, and long-lasting flowers in a ...

We enjoy magnolia trees for their beautiful early spring flowers, but in summer they sometimes get downright ugly. Gardeners may notice a fuzzy black coating on branches or a sticky glaze that ...

“Scale” on woody ornamentals is among the most frequently reported and diagnosed pest problems at the Cooperative Extension Plant Clinic in New Hanover County. But what exactly is this issue and how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Williams: to any question that did not involve scale insects, his usual answer was ‘I’ll think about it’ Douglas Williams, the ...

Protect your houseplants and garden from these pests. Scale insects can be difficult to identify. At a first glance, they look like small bumps on the stems of leaves of your plants, making them easy ...