Hydrangea Guide

Wisteria is prone to scale insects, however, it’s important to know that there are many different types of scale insects, and it’s the specific Wisteria scale insect that can cause serious problems if they are left untreated. In small numbers, they aren’t usually a huge issue and can be easily maintained with the removal of them by hand. They are easier to identify in comparison to other scale insects because they are usually much larger than other scale insects (at…

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Your passion flower leaves turning yellow or wilting could be for environmental, biological or care reasons. Most of the time, it’s because there is too much or too little of particular nutrients in the soil that can cause yellow passion vine leaves. Another reason is they have Fusarium wilt which spreads in the soil and the first signs are yellowing leaves. Overwatering, as well as under-watering, can also cause the leaves to become yellow and start to wilt. Read on…

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The problem of your passion flowers not blooming may be due to environmental or biological factors, or because of how you’re attending to them. To give you an idea, pruning at the wrong time can remove most of the stems that produce the flowers resulting in no flowers that year. Feeding them with fertilisers that are hight in Nitrogen encourages lots of foliage growth at the expense of flowers, not enough sun can also lead to no flowers. As you…

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Passion flower problems fall into one of three categories: environmental; biological; and your care. This article looks the variety of problems that can befall your passion flower climbers and explains what to do about each one. Environmental issues that cause passion flower problems Environmental problems include where you plant your passion flower, how much sun it gets and other situations in your garden. I have a complete article that details this. Please read Passiflora caerulea – growing and caring for…

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Passion flowers require relatively little care and maintenance to grow successfully. Once established, they can grow well, left virtually untouched for years. In fact, they are generally problem free with nothing more than a few aphids to worry about most of the time. However, there are a few passion flower pests and diseases that can take a liking to your passion flowers which might make an appearance, as I have found out a few times over the years. With this…

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