Plant Health Alert - Pink Disease in Landscape Plants
This spring we are getting an alarming number of reports of limbs dying in shrubs and trees. Hollies, cherry …
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Pest Alert - Carpenter Ants
Carpenter ants are generally beneficial insects. They help decompose trees in forests excavating rotten trees, stumps and logs to …
Slime Molds and Yeasts- Not a Pest
There are many unusual forms of life on this planet. Man has classified the different types of life into …
Plant Health Alert - Tree Health Post Helene
Trees Failing Post-Helene We have been seeing lots of plants dying Spring 2025. We have also had reports of trees …
Easter Lilies
Every year, greenhouse growers make their mortgage note selling Easter lilies Lilium longiflorum. In an era where people so often want …
Pest Alert - Voles
In my position as an NC State Extension Agent in Henderson County, NC, I am in a unique position …
Pest Alert - Ambrosia Beetles
Ambrosia beetles are killing trees across Western North Carolina. Storm damaged trees post Hurricane Helene are being finished off …
Vegetable Gardening Resources for Henderson County
Western North Carolina is a wonderful place to garden. Almost any type of vegetable or fruit can be grown …
Plant Health Alert - Dying Limbs on Hollies
Dead Holly Limbs There have been limbs dying on hollies locally for several years now. This damage is prevalent on ‘Nellie …
Garden Update - March
Plants in Flower Saucer Magnolia, Bradford Pear, Flowering Cherry, Forsythia, Star Magnolia, Breath-of-Spring (Winter Honeysuckle), Spirea, Flowering Quince, Carolina …
Bulbs, Corms and Tubers That Can Be Planted in Spring
Most spring flowering bulbs, tubers and corms are planted in the fall. The major bulbs planted in fall for …
Avian Influenza: What North Carolinians Need to Know to Keep Themselves and Their Pets Safe
Wild bird migratory season is approaching, bringing heightened risk for transmission of the emerging H5N1 strain of bird flu. …