Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and ...

A: By the looks of the photos you sent in, your serviceberries have a case of rust. Your serviceberries, also called juneberries or saskatoons, should be beautifully bluish-purple and plump right now.

Q: I heard rust fungus can infect junipers but that they aren’t worth spraying to treat. Is there anything else I can do to reduce the fungal spread from them to my other trees? A: If you see and can ...

Dear Neil: I have two spruce evergreens flanking my front door. Earlier this spring one large branch became brown. A local nursery told me it was being caused by mites and sold me a product labeled to ...

Miranda Earnest, the new horticulture aide for Buffalo County Extension, is a 2015 Aurora High School graduate. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 4, ...

Your questions keep on coming. It is great to see your interest in gardening remains so high as the fall season wanes. QI have a hillside that is anchored by about 30 low ground junipers. They are six ...

Across Southwest Colorado, juniper trees may look like they're dying, but local foresters say the situation is a lot more complicated - and puzzling - than meets the eye. "It's very strange," said ...

Cedar-apple rust is one of several plant diseases that are all caused by different species of a fungus called gymnosporangium. All of these diseases are referred to as gymnosporangium rust diseases.