Systemic insecticide will kill camellia tea scale insects, but their tiny carcasses will not automatically drop off old leaves. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette) Q: Something appears to be wrong with ...

We see it all in the Plant Clinic, and this summer we’ve been seeing a lot of Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae or crapemyrtle bark scale. This invasive insect from southeast Asia first appeared in the ...

Q: Something appears to be wrong with my camellias. The upper surface of the leaves looks kind of blotchy and yellow, and there are white and brown specks on the underside. It has a lot of flower buds ...