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Bob shares his experience from 35 years of landscape contracting projects and his knowledge from university studies in horticulture, plant pathology, turfgrass, entomology, nursery culture, agronomy and arboriculture.
"Dog vomit fungus" alarms people when they first see it.
Ornamental grass sheared back right before or right after winter.
Cores from lawn aeration show how thick this thatch layer had become. Aereate at least once annually.
Easy identification since the stem is triangular.
Remove one-half to two-thirds of pine "candles" to help keep pines more compact and shapely.
Black sooty mold on Magnolia
Blue Hydrangea
Zoysia stays brown for a large portion of the year in northern climates.
Sawflies on Mugo Pine
White Pines shed their older needles in late summer or early fall.
Orange rust spores from a home lawn
Lace bugs on underside of PJM Rhododendron leaf.
Aphids clustered on branch tips.
Deer-browsed evergreens
'Tradition' Azalea
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