2012 Cornell Pest Management

Guide for the Production and Maintenance of Herbaceous Perennials

Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) vary widely in their susceptibility to powdery mildew –

choose to grow cultivars that are less prone to this common disease!

 (Photo by: Margery Daughtrey, Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, Riverhead, NY)

Every effort has been made to provide correct, complete, and up-to-date pest management information for New York State at the time this publication was released for printing (November, 2011). Changes in pesticide registrations, regulations, and guidelines occurring after publication are available in county Cornell Cooperative Extension offices or from the Pesticide Management Education Program web site (http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/).

Trade names used herein are for convenience only. No endorsement of products in intended, nor is criticism of unnamed products implied.

These guidelines are not a substitute for pesticide labeling. Always read the product label before applying any pesticide.

The guidelines in this bulletin reflect the current (and past) authors’s best effort to interpret a complex body of scientific research, and to translate this into practical management options. Following the guidance provided in this bulletin does not assure compliance with any applicable law, rule, regulation or standard, or the achievement of particular discharge levels from agricultural land.