Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit ...

This mainly works on hardy plants that can stand the jets ... A diluted solution of washing up liquid can kill aphids,' says ...

Dr Christopher Teh, soil biologist and senior lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia answers gardening questions in Star2’s monthly gardening column, Ready, Set, Grow!, which is brought to you by ...

Keep houseplants indoors. Although you may think house plants benefit from a summer outdoors, you risk the introduction of ...

Yellow sticky traps are a safe way to remove aphids. Purchase a couple of yellow sticky traps and place them near the plants.

Before deciding how to kill aphids on your plants, you’ll need to decide whether killing them really is essential. These insects are pretty much a part of life for most gardeners, especially ...

In July winged forms fly off to infest other plants. Breeding stops in autumn when immature aphids seek sites to overwinter. On a healthy tree, woolly aphid is unlikely to do much damage, though it ...