Q: This is a picture of our dogwood tree with white growths on it. Your help is appreciated. A: Your dogwood tree has a healthy case of scale insects. Scale insects attach themselves to the host plant ...

It can sometimes be difficult to discern what's exactly wrong with your plants, but if you're noticing small white bumps on the leaves, this may be the culprit.

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 ...

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 to mistake as part of the plant itself. But beneath ...

They may be small, but scale insects can have a sizeable negative impact on landscape plants. These tiny insects are usually no more than 1/8 inch in diameter but have the ability to weaken and kill ...

Q: I am attempting to send you a picture of my angels trumpet after I took it inside. All the leaves fell off, and a white mold-looking substance started to form. One trunk put on new leaves and the ...

If you find a mealybug or scale insect on the leaves of your house plants, don't panic - finding pests is usually more of a shock to us than it is to the house plants. However, it's important to act ...

While aloe vera makes for a great indoor plant, it's not immune to pest issues. Here's how to spot common critters and what ...