Sanitation for roses with black spot and pachysandra beds with vollutella is still important to reduce problems next year. Remove affected plant parts and continue with fungicide treatments. Yellow nutsedge can grow actively even in lawns that have gone brown and dormant from drought. Treat with Manage or Basagran now to reduce proliferation. Check pines for pine sawflies.
Sawflies begin feeding on the tips of a branch and strip one branch before moving on to another.
Small pines can be defoliated in a matter of days, so check them frequently. Remove larvae by hand or spray with hort oil. Check birches, oaks, and hornbeams for yellownecked caterpillars. They are yellow and black with a yellow-orange band around the neck area. When disturbed, they elevate their heads in a defensive posture.