Tag Archive for "Integrated Pest Management" | University of Washington Botanic Gardens

Mar 16, 2018

| Notification, Washington Park Arboretum

Flowering Cherries Need Help to Stay Healthy

The UW Botanic Gardens staff use integrated pest management to keep flowering cherry trees healthy and beautiful.

Mar 20, 2014

| Washington Park Arboretum, Horticulture

Harbinger of Spring in Seattle - Flowering cherries on Azalea Way!

Most visitors experiencing the beauty of our historic Azalea Way flowering cherries from now through May probably have no idea of how intensive maintaining their health and prolonging their longevity truly is for the UW Botanic Gardens horticulture staff. Just ask our Integrated Pest manager, Ryan Garrison. Ryan with staff support spends many a day throughout the year monitoring and controlling the numerous diseases and insect pests our 175 plus cherries are prone to suffer from.

Sep 3, 2013

| Washington Park Arboretum, News

Dutch Elm Disease in the Washington Park Arboretum

Recent test results from Washington State University Puyallup Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed the first case of Dutch Elm Disease (DED) in the core area of the Washington Park Arboretum. The tree, a 45 year old Guernsey Elm (Ulmus minor ‘Sarniensis’), had been suffering from mechanical injury to the root crown and annual infestations of the Elm Leafminer, an insect that that feeds on elm leaves.

Mar 25, 2013

| Washington Park Arboretum, Horticulture

Harbinger of Spring in Seattle – Early flowering cherries on Azalea Way!

Most visitors experiencing the beauty of our historic Azalea Way flowering cherries from now through May probably have no idea of how intensive maintaining their health and prolonging their longevity truly is for the UW Botanic Gardens horticulture staff.

Mar 25, 2011

| Horticulture

Cherry Blossom Season is Here!

Most visitors experiencing the beauty of our historic Azalea Way flowering cherries from now through May probably have no idea of how intensive maintaining their health and prolonging their longevity truly is for the UW Botanic Gardens horticulture staff. Just ask our Integrated Pest manager, Ryan Garrison. Ryan with staff support spends many a day throughout the year monitoring and controlling the numerous diseases and insect pests our 175 plus cherries are prone to suffer from.