Category: Home and Garden

By the time August comes with its heat and humidity, many gardeners are ready for a break and so are many plants. “The growing season is starting to wind down,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “You still need to do some things for your […]

It certainly is annoying to battle yellow jackets as you are eating in your yard this season.

Their scent may be as sweet as honey, but for many gardeners, honeysuckles have a bad name.

Plants grown in containers will need more frequent, light watering to get established.

If you’re looking for a plant that will make your garden stand out, consider the seven-son flower, an unusual shrub that makes a splash twice each year.

If this insect truly is a nuisance for you, then use mulch, plant groundcovers or install sod to cover bare soil areas.

The leaves of my tomato plant are being eaten by something. Some of the stems are completely bare of leaves. Is there anything I can do to protect my plants?  — Steve Goldman, Skokie I suspect you have a tomato hornworm or tobacco hornworm caterpillar that is eating your tomato. Small tomato hornworms are yellow […]

What is less lovely than a summer blossom? The sight of a Japanese beetle on that blossom, shiny as an oil slick. “We’re hearing quite a few reports about the beetles this year,” according to Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. The iridescent bugs feed on […]