Q: We have star jasmine, coral honeysuckle, and Peggy Martin rose plants in our landscape. All have bloomed beautifully through this season, but now the plants are turning yellow. I fear that I might ...

This year, two large public rose plantings in Tyler have been observed with rose rosette disease. One was at Broadway and the Loop, and the other on Roseland Boulevard just off Broadway. Every ...

Q: By all accounts, my rose garden succumbed to a virus this summer called rose rosette. It is truly a horrific process to watch. Should I remove the bushes or wait to see how they fare in the coming ...

A: Let’s start with the worse of the two situations. Appears to me that the hostas are showing early signs of Hosta Virus X, which, much like Rose Rosette Virus, is not curable. Leaves will start to ...

Dear Neil: When is the best time to prune back my rose bushes that have grown too tall? I think it’s during the winter. How do I do it? Also, please tell me about the rose rosette virus. A: Prune ...

DEAR NEIL: Attached are photos of my Knock Out roses. They look awful. I’ve been told there is a disease that will kill them, and that it will stay in the soil – that new Knock Outs can never be ...

A: Your plants have the fatal rose rosette virus and need to be removed immediately. Rose rosette is spread by a microscopic, wind-driven mite, and the longer you leave any part of these plants in ...