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Soft new plants, same old burn
Beef up hedge before cutback
Time to buy good-guy fungi?
Holey moley, Viburnum borer!
Cut back, turn out winter guest plants
Re-stuff pots, potting mix on up
New plants from cuttings
Delay amaryllis set-out, avoid bulb fly
Spray to kill & pray no spill or drift!
Vines that grab even at 45 mph
Frost warning: No plastic!
Fertilizer in potting soil: No way!
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Ajuga
killed by lawn weedkiller WU92 Pg 10
annual flowers
harden off before set-out WU92 Pg 2
Betula, birch
borer WU92 Pg 7-8
Buxus, boxwood
hedge WU92 Pg 3-4
pests WU92 Pg 3-4
Campsis, trumpet vine
effect on tree it climbs WU92 Pg 11
Celastrus, bittersweet
effect on tree it climbs WU92 Pg 11
containers, pots and planters
adding mycorrhizal fungi WU92 Pg 5-6
renew potting mix WU92 Pg 8
Cypripedium, lady's slipper orchid
roots grow with mycorrhizal fungi WU92 Pg 5
Dipladenia, See Mandevilla
fertilizer
in potting mix WU92 Pg 11
fragrance
heliotrope WU92 Pg 9
winter honeysuckle WU92 Pg 9
frost
protection WU92 Pg 11
fungus
beneficial WU92 Pg 5-6
hedge
cut back hard WU92 Pg 3-4
middle shrub dies WU92 Pg 3-4
Hippeastrum, amaryllis
pests WU92 Pg 10
houseplants
summered outdoors WU92 Pg 8
insects
most are host-specific WU92 Pg 7
Kudzu
effect on tree it climbs WU92 Pg 11
lady's slipper orchid, See Cypripedium
lawn
weedkillers affect adjacent beds WU92 Pg 10
leaves
edges scorched WU92 Pg 1-2
Lonicera, honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima, winter honeysuckle WU92 Pg
9
Mandevilla
leaf edges scorched WU92 Pg 1-2
mentors' advice
grow things outdoors, harden before sale WU92 Pg 2
mulch
used potting mix WU92 Pg 8
mycorrhizal fungi, See Fungus, See Pests biological control
Narcissus, daffodil
bulb fly destroys bulb WU92 Pg 10
pesticides
control spray drift, granule scatter WU92 Pg 10
herbicides
collateral damage WU92 Pg 10
pests
attack stressed plants WU92 Pg 13-14
biological and organic control
beneficial fungi WU92 Pg 5-6
borers
birch WU92 Pg 7-8
elderberry WU92 Pg 7-8
lilac WU92 Pg 7-8
Rhododendron WU92 Pg 7-8
Viburnum WU92 Pg 7-8
bulb fly WU92 Pg 10
photos worth remembering
Blue Ridge waterfall WU92 Pg 14
planting
adding beneficial fungi to soil WU92 Pg 5-6
long term effects of crowding shrubs WU92 Pg 4
Polygonum
Polygonum aubertii, silver fleece/mile-a-minute vine
effect on tree it climbs WU92 Pg 11
problems
leaf edges scorched WU92 Pg 1-2
diagnosis
check recent history of pesticide application WU92 Pg 10
clues in location of damage on leaf or plant WU92 Pg 1-2
many plants with unrelated problems WU92 Pg 8
symptoms
plants yellow, curled, dead WU92 Pg 10
propagation
cuttings WU92 Pg 9
pruning
as pest control WU92 Pg 7
cut weak wood hard WU92 Pg 4
hedges WU92 Pg 3-4
rejuvenating weak wood WU92 Pg 3-4
Viburnum WU92 Pg 7
quotes
smell rewards the care WU92 Pg 9
Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, on heliotrope WU92 Pg 9
Rhododendron and azalea
borer WU92 Pg 7-8
roots
partner with beneficial fungus WU92 Pg 5-6
Sambucus, elderberry
borer WU92 Pg 7-8
soil
beneficial fungus WU92 Pg 5-6
biologically active best for plants WU92 Pg 5-6
improved by gardener's green thumb WU92 Pg 5
soilless potting mix WU92 Pg 8, 11
with mycorrhizal fungi added WU92 Pg 5-6
Syringa, lilac
borer WU92 Pg 7-8
Taxus, yew
hedge declines WU92 Pg 3
salt damage WU92 Pg 3
trees
roots grow with mycorrhizal fungi WU92 Pg 5-6
vegetables
harden off before set-out WU92 Pg 2
relating agricultural improvements to home gardens WU92 Pg 6
Viburnum
pests WU92 Pg 7-8
pruning WU92 Pg 7
Viburnum trilobum, cranberrybush WU92 Pg 7
vines
shade-adapted WU92 Pg 2
effect on supporting tree WU92 Pg 11
Vitis, grape
effect on tree it climbs WU92 Pg 11
watering
related to leaf scorch WU92 Pg 1-2
weeds
herbicide use can cause more weeds WU92 Pg 10
wildflowers
woodland
roots grow with mycorrhizal fungi WU92 Pg 5
winter damage
salt burn WU92 Pg 3
Wisteria
big eyecatcher in bloom WU92 Pg 1, 11
effect on tree it climbs WU92 Pg 11
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