White, waxy crusts along the branches are the classic sign of crapemyrtle bark scale. Richmond, Virginia, spring 2021. Photo: m.borden, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Normal shedding: thin plates of old bark curl away to show smooth new bark underneath, Fairfax County, Virginia, in March. Photo: Famartin, Wikimedia Commons (CC
What you’re aiming for: a multi-trunk crape myrtle loaded with flower clusters in August, Fairfax County, Virginia. Photo: Famartin, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Your
A small air plant collection on a desk. A few minutes of prep before a trip keeps a display like this healthy while you’re gone.
An heirloom tomato harvested in early October, split by rain. Large, ripening fruit are the most likely to crack. Photo: Margalob, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA
Caged tomatoes in full sun in a mulched bed, Olinda, Maui. A run of hot, bright days is the classic trigger for physiological leaf roll.
Bulbs sitting high on dry soil, some tops still up and some going over: the window when watering should taper off. Roerdalen, Netherlands. Photo: Alupus,
What you’re aiming for: an open, sunny dahlia bed in full flower on Mainau Island, Germany. Photo: Maulaff, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Your dahlias
Healthy onion seedlings: dense, upright and green in flats on a heated table, Stow, Massachusetts. Photo: Dwight Sipler, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Onion seedlings
Open flowers, withered spent blossoms and two newly set green fruits on one truss. Not every flower becomes a tomato, but a whole truss falling
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