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Landscape plants: Viburnum leaf beetle (VLB) damage is showing up more often each year in Dane County and surrounding areas.

An invasive beetle species with a taste for oak trees has been detected in Novato. The county agriculture department announced the discovery of Mediterranean oak borers on Monday and called upon the ...

Viburnum leaf beetles, Pyrrhalta viburni, are another significant pest of ornamental and native viburnums. They’re active soon after viburnums leaf out.

An original hedge of dwarf European cranberry bush (Viburnum opulus Nanum), sited in front of a larger one of yew, became infested with viburnum leaf beetle, a nonnative invasive insect.

Summer is a great time to work in your garden, but don’t forget to be alert — a Chicago Botanic Garden staff member recently discovered a bald-faced hornet nest in a tree at head level. I ...

The viburnum leaf beetle is a heavy feeder that can completely defoliate viburnums. It happened very quickly to the viburnums in my garden a couple of years.

Viburnum leaf beetle (VLB) damage is showing up regularly in Dane County and surrounding areas. The larvae skeletonize the leaves of viburnum shrubs, much the same as Japanese beetles do. VLB has one ...

Rhododendron bloom for weeks but need acidic soil. The best blooms come on shrubs with bright morning (eastern) light. Rhodendrons bloom in acidic soil with morning light. My grandmother moved from ...

Viburnum leaf beetle was first reported in the Chicagoland area in 2013. Within two years, it was regularly reported to the Morton Arboretum. There is only one generation each year, but it can kill a ...

Insects, like this viburnum leaf beetle, that eat plant leaves could change the local atmosphere. Credit: Ettore Balocchi/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Plants can release certain chemicals to shield ...