Oregon grape is a native plant that is useful in naturalized landscaping in our area.

ILWACO — WSU Master Gardeners of Pacific County are sponsoring a Plant Clinic and Information Center at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco on Saturday, June 29, from 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. at the museum’s Discovery Garden parking lot.

Master gardeners will be there to address your plant questions, concerns, and suggestions. Typical questions include: “How do I place mulch around trees and shrubs?” “My one rhododendron is wilting and dying. What’s wrong?” “Moss is all over my lawn. What moss killer can I use?” “My hellebore plants looks fairly healthy but some of the leaves look damaged. What should I do?”

The garden experts can help you. Stop by anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Bring samples if you can.

They will also have handouts on the following topics as well as other information: Growing vegetables in a marine environment, how to identify and prevent heat stress in plants.

WSU Extension also supports two websites that can help you diagnose your own plant problems.

• Hortsense (hortsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/HortsenseHome.aspx): Contains fact sheets for the home gardener to manage plant problems using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

• Pestsense (pestsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/PestsenseHome.aspx): Contains fact sheets for managing common indoor pest problems using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

The WSU gardeners will be sponsoring several plant clinics in July, August and September at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum.

For more information, contact Bev Arnoldy at bevarnoldy@gmail.com.