Shrub & Plant Care

Monitor your plants whenever you're outside to keep tabs on the health of your lawn and gardens. Here are a couple of the common threats that you may run into:

Cercospora Leaf Spot

Starts as tiny, raised, red or dark green spots on the upper side of the leaf and tan to black colored spots on the underneath of the leaf. This leaf spot is always a result of too much water.

Anthracnose

In the beginning, this is nothing more than a small, water-soaked looking speck. It will eventually turn yellow and then brown. The cause of this is typically over-watering in areas that cannot dry out, letting the water sit on the leaves.

Entomosporium Leaf Spot

The reddish halo around this unusually dark brown leaf spot is an easy threat to spot.

This disease overwinters and then the spores discharge with Spring growth.

Rust

This typically occurs on roses but can be found on some of your other ornamentals. Just as the name implies, this looks like rust. It develops in cool, humid conditions and it overwinters, meaning that it can be a continuing problem if not treated.

Root Rot / Crown Rot

This disease lives up to its simple name in that it rots the roots and/or crown of plants. It is caused from severe over watering and/or drainage issues where the water will not flow.