M.B.: I know of nothing that works to keep Photinia leaves blight-free, but before I gossip maliciously about how ugly and acne-prone this popular landscape shrub has become, readers, please chime in ...

Howard Garrett / Special Contributor It continues to be said that nothing can be done for photinia leaf spot, rose rosette and oak wilt. I continue to disagree with those doomsday predictions and have ...

When the purple spots and yellow leaves show up on photinia and hawthorns, many people are told there is no effective treatment for the damaging entomosporium leaf spot disease. But it's not true.