Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you’re a novice or avid gardener, discovering your greenery is dealing with a disease is never a pleasant surprise. One ...

When tending to your garden, you'll want to make sure that your plants are in good, healthy standing. One thing to monitor your plants for is powdery mildew, a fungal disease that can easily infect ...

Another way to reduce humidity in the plant canopy is by watering through drip irrigation or soaker hoses. This keeps ...

“My red rhododendron looks as if it has a layer of ash or white powder on it (above). What should I do?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Steven Graves of Aptos, California. Horticultural expert Melinda ...

Both in neighboring home gardens and at my own home these days, I am seeing powdery mildew. Powdery mildew is a disease that causes a grayish, powdery film on leaves, but it is nothing to worry about ...

Powdery mildew on sweet peas is one of the most common problems you'll have with these flowering favourites, especially as we head into late summer. In fact, you might find cases of powdery mildew on ...

The grayish white powdery growth you are seeing on the dahlia leaves is caused by a fungus and can also be a common garden problem on other plants. Many species of fungi can cause powdery mildew on ...

This story was originally published in September 2020. It appears as white spots on leaves at first. Soon, it expands, growing a powdery appearance that looks like powdered sugar covering leaves. Have ...

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Q: Last year my grapes had such bad powdery mildew that even the grapes dried up and looked moldy and shriveled. I was told by the master gardeners at the farmer’s market that I needed to do something ...

A new North Carolina State University study pinpoints the worldwide spread of a fungus that taints blueberry plants with powdery mildew, a disease that reduces blueberry yield and encourages the use ...

A global fungal invader is threatening blueberries everywhere. NC State researchers found that Erysiphe vaccinii, the culprit behind powdery mildew, has escaped its U.S. roots and spread across ...