275 Spittlebugs, and More Yucky Questions

Those aren’t little white flowers on your woody perennials and shrubs. Look closer. What is it? It’s not a flower, it looks and feels like a wad of spit!That would be the cocoon for the aptly named spittlebug. What’s a gardener to do about this pest which can be found throughout North America?America’s Favorite Retired College Horticulture professor, Debbie Flower tackles that and more of your yuck-inducing garden questions, including: should you eat green potatoes? Why does my boxwood shrub ...