Dealing with Diseased Plants

There's nothing more disheartening than formerly beautiful plants taken over by ugly disease! In the Upstate of South Carolina there are a number of different seasonal plant diseases that can attack our garden and yard foliage. Take a moment to examine these images of some of the most common...

Leafminer damage on American holly (Ilex opaca).
Daniel Herms, The Ohio State University, www.forestryimages.org

Brown patch on turfgrass tall fescue lawn.
Joey Williamson, ©2015 HGIC, Clemson Extension

Black rot (Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris) symptoms are yellow, V-shaped lesions that appear along the tips of the leaves with the point of the V directed toward a vein.
Mary Katherine Bamberg, ©2018, Clemson Extension

Leaf spots caused by gummy stem blight on watermelon leaf.
Clemson University—USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series

Spot anthracnose on dogwood (Cornus florida) petals.
Joey Williamson, ©2009 HGIC, Clemson Extension

Nitrogen deficiency symptoms
Tim Broschat, University of Florida

If your plants have been terrorized by any of these issues, contact us! Be sure to note which issue you're struggling with, and we'll be happy to reply with suggestions, solutions, and professional services (if necessary) to get your flora back to fantastic!