Few plants come with such a wide variety of foliage color and size than hostas. There’s a hosta for practically any spot in a shady garden, and the flowers even attract hummingbirds. They prefer light ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. prill / iStock / Getty Images Plus Cutworm is a generic term referring to the caterpillar of various moth species that attack ...

Cutworms are a troublesome garden pest, knocking down young plants as soon as they begin to stand on their own. Cutworm damage is some of the cruelest you’ll see in the garden, although it’s hard to ...

When it comes to growing hostas, Tom Lakowske might serve as inspiration — or perhaps as a cautionary tale. “I saw one at a nursery and picked it up and brought it home and planted it. And that ...

Cutworms are moth larvae that hide in the soil during the day, and then come out at night to feed on plants. They get their name from their ability to “cut off” a seedling at ground level by chewing ...

Dear Helen: In a small garden close to my front door there are hostas and Viburnum davidii bushes with ragged holes in their leaves. I suspected slugs, but there is no sign at all of the slime trails ...

While moths are usually innocuous in the garden, their caterpillars can cause lots of problems. These caterpillars—collectively referred to as cutworms—can cut down garden seedlings seemingly ...