Hallson Gardens

will try the borax solution to see if that helps. . thanks

Thank you for the comments. . . There is no apparent bug problem, no mildew, just the leaves turning from their dark green to a lighter green. They are healthy, mature plants, and had an abundance of flowers this spring. . .

And, they are done blooming

my soil is kinda clay, but have amended it and added some milorganite early this spring. They are mulched, and watered occasionally. . are in full sun til about 2;00.
Thanks for your reply. .

My peony foliage is turning lt. green . . . what are they lacking?

Thanks Chris . . . will keep looking.

The holes seem to be consistent with slug damage that I've had before, but the leaves are not damaged. . . thanks for answering.

Have a problem with something eating holes in the stems of my tall hostas (don't know name as they were given to me by a friend) and then the leaves bend over at the hole area and eventually die. Have gone out several times to find the culprits, but find NO slugs, and earwigs are not that bad this y...

Thanks for the reply victoria . . . it's very hard to get to the suckers through the myrtle, but I will sure give it a try. . . did paint the leaves, but didn't carry through to the root.

I had a diseased flowering crabapple tree, so cut it down. Around the base of the tree I have planted a large garden of myrtle. For two years since cutting the tree down I have had crabapple suckers coming off the tree roots all over the myrtle. I have pulled the suckers off, painted them with Round...

I do also have quite a few earwigs, but the slugs are taking over my hostas, and am doing damage just trying to pick them off. . . thanks for the info. Enjoyed your Hosta Slideshow . . . really impressive!

Thanks Chris - will give it a try. . .

I'm having big problems with slugs again this year. Put on Ortho's Bug-Geta Plus last fall . . . again this spring as the tips appeared, and again a month later. I'm still having slugs, and am getting physically "sick" of picking them off. Somewhere on this web i saw a spray that would kill them ins...