If your phlox plants look bedraggled or you’ve been dealing with mildew issues year after year, it may be time to pick up your pruners. While creeping phlox and tall phlox are pruned a bit differently ...

Wait until fall frost kills tall phlox before pruning to the ground; fall pruning is keeps powdery mildew at bay. Regular deadheading and light trimming encourage bushier growth, extend blooming, and ...

Q: I have a large stand of daisies that got powdery mildew on their leaves this year. They're next to a patch of phlox that are completely covered with it. Can you tell me, is it better to clean off ...

“My red rhododendron looks as if it has a layer of ash or white powder on it (above). What should I do?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Steven Graves of Aptos, California. Horticultural expert Melinda ...

Phlox are easy-to-grow plants that come in a huge variety of colors to provide a bounty of fragrant flowers throughout the summer months. They require only a little annual maintenance to perform at ...

Q. My phlox bloom beautifully but the leaves turn white and the blossoms wilt because of disease. Please tell me how to treat them. Beulah Stone, Muskegon A. Powdery mildew is the most likely culprit.

Q. Every year, just as they begin to bloom, my garden phlox develop mildew. The lower leaves turn powdery white, then yellow and brown and drop off. What can I do? –Pamela Markham, Aurora A. Certain ...

Phlox is a late summer beauty in the garden, but it's not completely carefree! Garden expert Charlie Nardozzi showed our Sharon Meyer how to sidestep some problems. Sharon Meyer: Charlie, the phlox is ...

Gardeners have always enjoyed border phlox. The colours are wonderful, the evening scent is captivating, they are easy to grow. But since the great plantsman Alan Bloom's introductions 40 years ago, ...

Dahlias growing in Olympia’s South Capitol neighborhood. Earwigs are attracted to the decaying blooms of dahlias. The Olympian The second week of August is when lilies, dahlias and phlox can fill the ...

Grown well, tall garden phlox are the glory of the midsummer garden, with their lush, vividly-colored flower panicles lending substance to any perennial border. Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, took ...