What's Coming Up 68: Rake loopers, I.D. pests, dress a Japanese maple for winter

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In this issue:

Rake up a looper? No, just watch the trees next year
How to identify a garden pest
When "a lot of gall" matters
Why insect I.D. relies on plant name
Winter garb protects an at-risk Japanese maple during winter
Rosemary's indoor purpose
Share your "Best of What Came Up"
Fitting kids in barrows, and plants in pots

 

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 Right: Lily Koen's wheelbarrow ride makes a great memory for Janet and Detroit Zoo Adopt-a-Gardener Michele Armstrong.

¾ inch worms
1 inch to 2 inch worms
Acer palmatum
An example of how to identify garden pests using host plants
Bright green worms in garden beds
C Shaped green worms
Cambium damage in understory trees
Cause of Japanese Maple death
Creative solutions for protecting Japanese Maples in the winter
Cutting down Miscanthus
Definition of Galls
Environmental Requirements of Understory Trees
Erannis tiliaria
Explanation of how  cambium damage occurs on understory trees
Gall
Garden Pest Identification
Garden Pest Identification Process
Garden Pest Identification References
Garden Pests
Graphic  of Inchworm Locomotion
Graphic describing ideal environmental conditions for understory trees
Green and brown worms
Host plants of Orthosia hibisci
Host plants of the speckled green fruitworm
How Oak Galls Form
How to cut down Miscanthus
How to Identify Garden Pests
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How to manage a looper infestation
How to protect Japanese Maples in Winter
How Understory Trees Grow
Identifying garden pests
Inchworms
Inchworm Locomotion
Identifying Oak Tree Pests in Fall
Insect Identification
Leaf eating pests
leaves damaged
leaves chewed
losing leaves
Lifecycle of the Linden Looper
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Looper, Looper Locomotion, Loopers
Miscanthus
Oak leaf eating pests
Oak Tree Pests
Orthosia hibisci
Picture of cambium damage on Acer palmatum
Picture of cambium damage on Japanese Maple
Picture of kid in wheelbarrow
Picture of Lily in the wheelbarrow
Picture of Oak Galls
Pictures of Japanese Maples with Winter Protection
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Pictures of Japanese Maples with winter protection
Pictures of Miscanthus
Pictures showing how to cut down Miscanthus
Protecting Japanese Maples during Winter
Raking up green worms in the Fall

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Repotting in Fall
Rosemary during the holiday season

(Right: Our 20 year old rosemary, not reliably hardy outdoors in zone 5 and a chore to carry in, but a delight during winter.)
                                                      

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Site Considerations for Planting Understory Trees
speckled green fruitworm
Using Miscanthus to protect Japanese Maples in the winter
When Oak Galls are dangerous
When to bringing Rosemary Indoors
When to manage a looper infestation
When to protect Japanese Maples in Winter
Where to plant Acer palmatum
Where to plant Japanese Maples
Winter Protection for Japanese Maples

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