Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Powdery mildew is a disease common in trees that appears as a white powdery ...

Prevention is key to managing this widespread plant disease. Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants, identifiable by white to gray powdery spots on plant ...

IF YOU’VE EVER observed grayish-white powdery spots on leaves, shoots and sometimes on flowers and fruit in your garden, you’ve probably seen evidence of powdery mildew fungi. Powdery mildews are more ...

Some of my perennials and a young maple tree have what appears to be a white residue on the leaves. Some of the plants are turning brown, as I would expect them to do in early November. Most of the ...

Dear Neil: What is causing this on our Meyer lemon tree? Powdery mildew will get on succulent new growth of many types of plants, even including glossy-leafed plants such as citrus and crape myrtles.

On languid summer days, a milky, sometimes splotchy film of dusty white or gray often creeps over the leaves of trees, shrubs and perennials. This is powdery mildew, one of the most common ...

When tending to your garden, you'll want to make sure that your plants are in good, healthy standing. One thing to monitor your plants for is powdery mildew, a fungal disease that can easily infect ...