Azaleas come in a huge variety of cultivars that offer blooms in a range of colors, but there are also a number of diseases that can damage these shrubs. The likes of gall, rust, blight, mildew, rot ...

The unusual spring weather is causing all kinds of plant problems. One that has recently been brought to the attention of gardeners is azalea leaf gall. This plant disease is caused by an infection of ...

A: This is caused by a fungus that has been relatively common this spring. The fungus Exobasidium vaccinii causes leaves and flowers to become swollen or thickened, curled and waxy in appearance. This ...

Have you noticed an azalea or a camellia whose leaves are two to three times the normal size and are thick and fleshy? They have leaf gall. Leaf gall is a very common disease that affects camellias ...

Noticed some type of alien growth on your azaleas this spring? I’ve recently gotten phone calls for strange growths on azalea shrubs that were described by the caller as what looked like “cauliflower ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. For the second year, a fungus that smells like something dead has shown up in ...