Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Proper use of insecticidal soaps can control various sap-sucking insects, such as whiteflies. As if the summer hasn’t given us ...

Q: What is this on my crape myrtle (the white growth on top of the black layer), and what should I use to control both of them? A: The white insects are crape myrtle bark scale. They’re a relatively ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. About a year ago, we redid our flowerbeds and added three crape myrtle trees.

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have some Japanese yew shrubs that are a couple of years old that I planted ...

DEAR NEIL: Last year our 7-year-old Meyer lemon tree produced an abundance of beautiful lemons and foliage that was bright green. This summer it developed whiteflies. I applied Neem oil for three ...

A: This is a fungus called “sooty mold.” However, it’s a secondary issue and should not be your prime focus. To eliminate it, you really need to get rid of the insect that is allowing it to develop.

Q: Thank you for addressing my problem of rabbits eating my dwarf Burford hollies. I had actually considered using chicken wire to discourage them. But you did not answer my question about whether the ...

A: Biodiversity of life is incredibly important to a healthy ecosystem, but can we all agree that fire ants should just go? It feels at times like they are our sidewalk jailers: always watchful and ...