Q. Most of the leaves on our desert rose plants have white spots. Could this be a fungus, and what is a control? A. The white spots look like they could be the growth from a fungus – but each is ...

Scale insects can infest and damage many of the plants we grow in our landscapes and indoors. They feed on the sap of plants, and a large enough population can weaken a plant, damage it or even kill ...

This is the time of year to check closely for magnolia scale, a kind of sap-sucking insect that creates an overall thin condition when it infests these flowering trees. Gardeners often notice a black, ...

Scale is a blanket term for little sap-sucking insects that can kill your houseplants. If your plant develops scale, the first step is quarantining the plant. Prune any especially infected stems, then ...