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Bugs and ... something
Hi -- two questions for the more experienced gardeners/entomologists:
1- I have a variety of flowering annuals in a small mostly sunny plot next to my house. Recently, I've seen tiny little bugs all over the flowers. They look like very small ladybugs, only gray where they should be red (that is, gray with black spots). They don't appear to be doing any harm to the plants. Any idea what they are? 2- I have a Kleim's hardy gardenia given to me last year, planted in the same bed late last August. It's nice and bushy and appears to be about ready to bloom. But interior leaves -- at first on branches in the back, close to the juncture with the main plant, now spreading to the base of other branches -- seem to be turning yellow, as if the plant's overwatered. I don't think that's the case, though I did notice a bunch more yellow leaves this morning after soaker-watering a few hours late last night. Overall, as I say, the plant looks good with lots of buds ready to pop. Is this something to be worried about? Thanks MAL -- |
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Bugs and ... something
Sometimes the baby lady bugs are gray until they reach maturity, but they
look more like pill bugs or roly polys. I would wait and see if they disappear on their own or if you detect any damage on the plants. Sometimes the beneficial bugs come in and we automatically eradicate them without first knowing if they actually might be eating aphids, as lady bugs do. As far as the gardenia is concerned, the yellowing leaves are normal this time of the year. They are shedding old leaves while producing new growth. Mine were really yellow the other day and are now starting to really green up. You can pluck off the yellow leaves if you would like to make it look nicer. The yellowing will appear every spring/early summer and will disappear soon. Penny "Margaret Lillard" wrote in message ... Hi -- two questions for the more experienced gardeners/entomologists: 1- I have a variety of flowering annuals in a small mostly sunny plot next to my house. Recently, I've seen tiny little bugs all over the flowers. They look like very small ladybugs, only gray where they should be red (that is, gray with black spots). They don't appear to be doing any harm to the plants. Any idea what they are? 2- I have a Kleim's hardy gardenia given to me last year, planted in the same bed late last August. It's nice and bushy and appears to be about ready to bloom. But interior leaves -- at first on branches in the back, close to the juncture with the main plant, now spreading to the base of other branches -- seem to be turning yellow, as if the plant's overwatered. I don't think that's the case, though I did notice a bunch more yellow leaves this morning after soaker-watering a few hours late last night. Overall, as I say, the plant looks good with lots of buds ready to pop. Is this something to be worried about? Thanks MAL -- |
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Aphids are pretty thick these days and attack many different types of
plants. Here's a URL for NCSU entomology http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/otimages.html . They have a picture of an aphid but not indicative of what you might see on herbaceous plant materials. Perhaps use your favorite search engine for other pics. -- Baine "Margaret Lillard" wrote in message ... Hi -- two questions for the more experienced gardeners/entomologists: 1- I have a variety of flowering annuals in a small mostly sunny plot next to my house. Recently, I've seen tiny little bugs all over the flowers. They look like very small ladybugs, only gray where they should be red (that is, gray with black spots). They don't appear to be doing any harm to the plants. Any idea what they are? 2- I have a Kleim's hardy gardenia given to me last year, planted in the same bed late last August. It's nice and bushy and appears to be about ready to bloom. But interior leaves -- at first on branches in the back, close to the juncture with the main plant, now spreading to the base of other branches -- seem to be turning yellow, as if the plant's overwatered. I don't think that's the case, though I did notice a bunch more yellow leaves this morning after soaker-watering a few hours late last night. Overall, as I say, the plant looks good with lots of buds ready to pop. Is this something to be worried about? Thanks MAL -- |
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