Scale is a blanket term for little sap-sucking insects that can kill your houseplants. If your plant develops scale, the first step is quarantining the plant. Prune any especially infected stems, then ...

It can sometimes be difficult to discern what's exactly wrong with your plants, but if you're noticing small white bumps on the leaves, this may be the culprit.

Scale insects can infest and damage many of the plants we grow in our landscapes and indoors. They feed on the sap of plants, and a large enough population can weaken a plant, damage it or even kill ...

When I spotted a scale insect on a leaf of my Thai lime tree recently, I sighed. It’s only December; sometimes they show up only in March. We must coexist indoors for another five months. I had been ...

While aloe vera makes for a great indoor plant, it's not immune to pest issues. Here's how to spot common critters and what ...

Q: This is a picture of our dogwood tree with white growths on it. Your help is appreciated. A: Your dogwood tree has a healthy case of scale insects. Scale insects attach themselves to the host plant ...

Just like us, insects spend their winters in different locations. Unlike us, they spend their winters in different stages of development. Some may overwinter as adults, others in their immature stage ...

Scale insects can be difficult to identify. At a first glance, they look like small bumps on the stems of leaves of your plants, making them easy to mistake as part of the plant itself. But beneath ...

If you find a mealybug or scale insect on the leaves of your house plants, don't panic - finding pests is usually more of a shock to us than it is to the house plants. However, it's important to act ...

You’ve finally mastered the art of remembering to water your houseplants and making sure they get adequate light. And yet still, they aren’t thriving. You might not be to blame. Pests are common among ...