Month-by-month lists of common plant diseases, pests, and other problems you may encounter in North Carolina yards and gardens.
Back to BOLO list of months.Turfgrasses
Fairy ring (all turfgrasses)
Large patch (bermudagrass/zoysiagrass/centipedegrass/St. Augustinegrass)
Microdochium patch (Kentucky bluegrass/bermudagrass)
Red thread (Kentucky bluegrass/fescue/ryegrass)
Yellow patch (fescue/Kentucky bluegrass/ryegrass)Woody Ornamentals
Multiple hosts: Phytophthora root rot, Armillaria root rot, sooty mold, mistletoe, improper planting, sapsucker injury
Azalea: Phytophthora root rot, Armillaria root rot, Phomopsis dieback
Black cherry: black knot
Black gum: felt fungus (Septobasidium)
Boxwood: Phytophthora root rot, boxwood blight (both on landscape shrubs and on holiday greenery)
Cherry-laurel: shot-hole
English Ivy: anthracnose, bacterial leaf spot
Hollies: felt fungus (Septobasidium)
Indian hawthorn: Entomosporium leaf spot
Japanese black pine: pine wilt nematode
Japanese holly: black root rot, Armillaria root rot
Junipers: Phytophthora root rot (except Eastern red cedar), Armillaria root rot
Leyland cypress: Cypress (Seiridium) canker, Botryosphaeria canker/dieback
Ligustrum (privet): Cercospora (Pseudocercospora) leaf spot
Magnolia, Southern: algal leaf spot
Oak: felt fungus (Septobasidium), mistletoe
Rose: Armillaria root rot, rose rosette
Herbaceous Ornamentals (Perennials, Bedding Plants)
Liriope: anthracnose on leaf tips, Fusarium crown rotPansy/viola: Phytophthora root and crown rot, black root rot, Pythium root rot, nutrient deficiency
Fruits & Nuts
Plum: black knotPecan: scab
Vegetables & Herbs
Cole crops: Black rot, Sclerotinia white mold
Arthropods Associated with Multiple Plants
Fall cankerworms (adults)
Bagworms (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis; bags often containing eggs)
