Ask a Master Gardener’ Plant Clinic and Information Center, July 27

Published 5:07 pm Monday, July 22, 2024

Workshop attendees will get a tour of plants growing around the Ilwaco museum.

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, July 27, 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: “What is causing my rose bush to show clumps of red to orange powder on the lower surfaces of its leaves?” “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 be giving informal tours of the Native Plant Garden and their own vegetable garden.

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 later on in June, in July, in August and in September at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum.

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

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