Please advise what I can do about my azalea bushes. The tops of the leaves are covered with tiny white spots and the undersides of the leaves are covered with reddish brown spots. The new growth is ...

THERE’S A NEW pest in town. I’ve been receiving more and more questions about an insect that is ruining the appearance of rhododendrons and azaleas. If you’ve noticed that the leaves on these plants ...

Adult lace bugs are typically 1/10th of an inch long and cream-colored. They have lacy wings dotted with black and brown patches or bands. The eggs are 0.02 in long and usually laid on the midrib or ...

My azalea leaves are turning a light tan color, and all I see when inspecting them are little black dots on the back of the leaf. Is a disease or an insect causing this? Both adult and immature azalea ...

In nature, rhododendrons and azaleas grow in filtered shade beneath taller trees in mountainous areas with rich organic soil and ideal moisture. When planted in home landscapes lacking these ...

Q. The leaves of may azaleas are looking gray and the undersides of the leaves have brown spots. What should I do? A. An old nemesis, the azalea lace bug, has been feeding heavily among your plantings ...

My azaleas and Japanese andromeda get yellow spots. Last year some leaves turned yellow, almost white. There were so many spots! Now it’s starting again. How can I stop this disease? Your andromeda ...

Azaleas and rhododendrons, two of the Northwest's most iconic plants, are under threat from an insect expected to cause serious damage. Experts say homeowners will have to come to terms with difficult ...

My Japanese andromeda looks like it is dying. The leaves look awful with yellow speckling. What can be done to help them? 'Pieris japonica' (Japanese andromeda), as well as rhododendron and azaleas ...

My neighbor is concerned about her azaleas. They bloomed earlier and were beautiful, but now they look pale and sickly. She has problems with lace bugs. These are very small clear-winged insects that ...

Remmie Guidera, 10, a fifth grader, holds carrots she just harvested during Bayou Lacombe Middle School's whole school organic garden harvest Thursday May 8, 2014. The students harvested and prepared ...

Some recent research has been done in Oregon that found a number of rhododendrons resistant to the azalea lace bug. (Janet Eastman/The Oergonian/OregonLive) Rainy as it is, spring has sprung and that ...