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How-To > How To be Sherlock Holmes in the Landscape
How-To
How To be Sherlock Holmes in the Landscape
I receive more than 5000 emails a year asking my advice on solving landscape problems.
I can’t keep all that information in my head so I depend on several websites to give me the first clues to identify the problem and figure out what’s going on.
I sometimes feel as if I’m working as Sherlock Holmes in the landscape......and sometimes as a detective among the millions of possible websites. But my motto always remains:
“The truth is out there - - if you just know where to look.”
Here are some of the sites I use:
PLANT IDENTIFICATION
Floridata
Trees of Alabama and the Southeast
Florida Plants Online Guide to Florida Plant Life
Oregon State University Landscape Plants
Wildflower, Herb, and wild medicinal plant picture gallery
Brigham Young University - Flower Images
Brigham Young University - Vegetable Images
Brigham Young University - Plant Images
Foliage Houseplant Images
Tropical Plants
DISEASES
Diseases of Leyland Cypress in the Landscape
Turfgrass Diseases in Georgia
Vegetable Diseases Fact Sheets listed by Crop
Ohio Plant Disease Fact Sheet Index
Texas A&M Tomato Problem Solver
Missouri Disorders of Vegetables
INSECTS
BugGuide.Net
Iowa State University Entomology Image Gallery
North Carolina Insects of Ornamentals and Turf
Clemson Beneficial Insect Images
Auburn University Department of Entomology Publications
Clemson Vegetable Insect Factsheets
A Guide to Missouri Spiders
Auburn Guide to Recognition of Stinging Caterpillars
Butterflies of North America
The Butterfly Web Site
Beetles from A - Z
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
ANIMALS
Audubon Society Creature I.D. Guides
U.S. Geological Survey Creature I.D. Guides
Wildlife Damage Identification
Univ of Illinois Herpetology Pictures
Online Guide to the Snakes of Florida
Snakes of North America
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
University of Georgia Fruit Crop Home Page
University of Georgia Vegetable Profiles
Virginia Tech Fruits & Vegetables
California Rare Fruit Growers - Unusual Fruit
Auburn Citrus for Southern and Coastal Alabama
Southeastern Palm and Exotic Plant Society Hardy Citrus
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Neaten perennial flower beds. Remove dry stems and dead leaves. Put fresh mulch under shrubs, trees and perennials.
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