Exotic foliage garden plants have never been more popular, following on from the huge interest in houseplants, but many hardy palms are presenting with black spots on their leaves. .....

The arrival of wet weather often brings with it a wide range of plant diseases and disorders – none more disfiguring than rose balling in which the flowers fail .....

In late summer and autumn, many plants get an attack of powdery mildew. Herbaceous perennials such as phlox and asters are particularly prone, with dry soil but plenty of .....

I seem to have been talking about plant viruses quite a bit this last year or two, and the latest plant to suffer from this disease in my garden .....

After 10 years of limited availability and drastically reduced popularity, busy Lizzies have seen something of a renaissance in the last couple of seasons but now it seems that .....

The fuchsias should be looking at their best in the summer, but look a little closer and you may want to know what's eating the scalloped patterns in the .....

One of the delights of daylilies is the abundance of flowers that they produce in summer, but what's the reason why some of the buds don't open? The problem .....

Certain seasons produce a preponderance of particular pests and this summer certainly seems to be the one for blackfly and aphids. On a recent trip to the Weald & .....