The pest fuchsia gall mite (Aculops fuchsiae) was accidentally introduced from South America in the 1980s. They are microscopic wormlike mites and occur in growing tips year-round, and in flowers ...

Q: My fuchsia bush produced beautiful blooms this spring and early summer. Now, however, many twig tips and their leaves are becoming deformed, and the flowers are misshaped or do not even develop.

Q. My red Phygelius has developed dark, purplish nodules on the stems, and new growth is contorted and doesn’t open out. Is there something I can do to treat them or are they a lost cause? Jane Haley, ...