You're probably aware that fallen leaves make good mulch, but they can also aid the garden and the flower beds if you make ...

A: They are lace bugs, small plant bugs that suck plant sap from the leaves. They are often found on the underside of leaves. The grayish ones are the adults and the smaller, blackish ones are the ...

Sunflowers can influence more than just the look of your garden. Their natural chemistry can shift how weeds behave, making ...

DEAR JOAN: What are the little birds that eat sunflower leaves? They don’t bother the blossoms or seeds, but sure peck away at the leaves. We have a plant right outside one of our windows and enjoy ...

DEAR JOAN: We had sunflower seedlings that were 2 feet high a few weeks ago, but our bird friends are eating the leaves. The birds are small, gray in color with yellow breasts — some kind of finch.

A decapitated field in Colorado is keeping a secret and holding hope of a new crop. Headless sunflower plants trade beauty for brawn, pumping growth energy toward leaves instead of seed. Inside the ...

The sunflower leaf mottle and wilt caused by Verticillium dahlie Kleb, is a major disease of the crop. The populations of V. dahliae are variable and physiological races of the pathogen have been ...

Guangyao Wang, Jeff D. Ehlers, Eddie J. Ogbuchiekwe, Shengping Yang and Milton E. McGiffen, Jr. The growth habits of the crop and competing weed species are important determinants of crop-weed ...

DEAR JOAN: What are the little birds that eat sunflower leaves? They don’t bother the blossoms or seeds, but sure peck away at the leaves. We have a plant right outside one of our windows and enjoy ...