Columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about what may be causing holes in rose and bean leaves and how to determine how recent, brief rainfalls affect how much we should water our plants and lawns ...

Caterpillars, slugs, chewing insects, wildlife, and fungi are the top culprits behind holes in outdoor plant leaves. Each leaves different clues like slime trails, ragged edges, or missing buds. You ...

Question: Back in May, I noticed that the leaves on my rose bushes started to get holes in them and turn brown. Now they are very defoliated, and many of the lower leaves left have a skeletal ...

Q: I am not super familiar with roses and have started to try them recently. This year something new is happening to one of my rose bushes. There are little white or gray spots that eventually turn ...

Have you noticed leaves or even flower petals on your plants with perfect quarter-inch to half-inch circles cut in them? I have really noticed them on rose bushes. It looks like someone took a hole ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Rose slug, a sawfly larva (Hymenoptera), on underside of rose (Rosa) leaf Q • My rose leaves have brown patches on them, and some ...

Q. Something is eating my geranium leaves. They leave perfect round holes of various sizes in the leaves. I can’t see anything. Is there anything I can do to kill whatever is causing this? When my son ...

One mistake rookie pollinator gardeners often make is panicking at the sight of holes in those new-plant leaves, then reaching for the sprayer. Bad idea. The source of those spring-time holes is ...