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 ...