We have a 7-year-old Asian pear that does not bear fruit. It has been flowering in the fall. Any suggestions? Asian pears have been grown in China and Japan for about 3,000 years. They are rounded, ...
Some of this year’s Lilac Festival attendees will bring nature home with them as 1,000 new trees are given away on the festival’s opening day. "Our mission since we took over the festival four years ...
When a newly planted Japanese lilac tree blooms next spring and gives off a flowery fragrance, the Central Lakes College community will remember those who died from COVID-19. A joint project between ...
LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is asking for the public's assistance in reporting signs of the Asian longhorned beetle, a ...
Get ready for the Asian long-horned beetle, an inch-and-a-half-long bug that loves just about any kind of tree but is especially fond of maples. First came the bark beetle, which began decimating the ...
Washington State Department of Agriculture personnel comb through the log containing an Asian giant hornet on Friday. (WSDA Photos) Just in time for Halloween, the Washington State Department of ...
With white-and-black-striped long antenna, a shiny, jet-black body with white spots, and six bluish legs and feet, the Asian longhorned beetle has become more than a nuisance on Long Island. The ...
Uncle Sam is facing a new menace, but he has a slogan to fight back: “Find it. Report it. Save trees.” That was the call to action issued Monday by the Agriculture Department and national ...
AUBURN, Mass. (AP) — The battle to eradicate Asian longhorned beetles continues over a decade after the species was first discovered in the Worcester area. Officials with the U.S. Department of ...
Mark Miller has a beetle poster on the wall of his office. It's there to remind him of what he should be looking for -- the Asian longhorned beetle. If he meets one, he'll need help. For wherever ...
A Chinese beetle is threatening to wreak havoc on Britain’s trees on a scale not seen since the devastation of Dutch Elm Disease 40 years ago. If unchecked, the Asian long-horn beetle threatens to lay ...