What to Do When Flowering Trees and Shrubs Get Pests? An Introduction to Pest Control Methods

Flowering trees and shrubs are trees and shrubs grown for their ornamental flowers or inflorescences, such as Chinese rose, tree peony, camellia, azalea, plum blossom, osmanthus, gardenia, winter jasmine, oleander, and so on. So, what should you do when flowering trees and shrubs get pests?

1. What to do when flowering trees and shrubs get pests?

First, you need to see what kind of pest it is and whether there are many of them. If they are scale insects, you can spray them with a 2.5% deltamethrin 3000-fold dilution or similar pesticides; if they are aphids, you can spray them with a 10% imidacloprid wettable powder 2000-fold dilution or similar pesticides. If there are not many pests, you can catch and kill them by hand, or use natural enemies to kill them; if there are quite a lot of pests, you can spray some pest control chemicals.

2. What is the difference between a tree and a shrub?

1. Definition: A woody plant with an upright main trunk, usually 6 m to several dozen meters tall, is called a tree. A relatively short tree without an obvious main trunk, growing in a clumping form, is called a shrub.

2. Differences: Trees are tall, usually over 6 m; shrubs are short, usually under 6 m. Trees have an obvious tall main trunk, while shrubs do not have an obvious main trunk.

3. Which city is the home of flowering trees and shrubs?

Flowering trees and shrubs are widely distributed in China, and the production bases for flowering trees and shrubs are also relatively concentrated in China, mainly in the 59 home towns of flowering trees and shrubs in China published by the State Forestry Administration. Among them, the “home town of flowering trees and shrubs” refers to Yanji Town, Miaotou Town and Xinhe Town in Shuyang County, Jiangsu Province, which are famous nationwide for their abundant production of flowering trees and shrubs.