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These are called Scale.

The larger brownish ones are mature and will be fixed in position. If you were to scrape one off, you'd find a tough thin brown shell or scale that covers a soft body. Once ...

This looks like damage from thrips. They are tiny black bugs that look like fleas to the naked eye. They usually leave silvery scars on the undersides of the leaves with black marks that are probably ...

That is most likely a mint. What do the leaves smell like when you crush them? Since I don't know where you are, it could be any one of dozens of mints.

The leaf shape and arrangement, the look of ...

I see the moss, the green, but it's the white and yellowish areas that most concern me. From the pebbles and the look of the trunk, you have this in a pot, and are watering with tap water and using a ...

Ah, now I see the photo.

Most of what I see is relatively normal incidental damage possibly in transport to the nursery and then to your home. Some little ones started because of chance insects, b ...

It probably is fungal. Unless it's a very small sapling and the black dots are completely covering the leaves, it will survive. Keep the leaf litter and mulch clean, do not overwater, give it as much ...

No, it's not normal. It's a leaf gall of some sort. How you would treat would be depending on the species of tree and of the gall insect.

It's commonly called Swedish Ivy. Latin name is Plectranthus australis. Used to be a very common houseplant, the kind everyone would take cuttings and pot in hanging baskets.

Mine grow in full Florida sun, but the ones in part shade do a bit better here.

Those are ruellias or Mexican petunias. They grow easily from seed, they tolerate very hot climates, sandy soil, etc.

Mine do better in the ground, but I'd expect from the looks and the slight dro ...

It's torenia. I've never had one, so can't help you much more than the name. The flowers are in many colors, so if you google images, look at a bunch to find one that matches yours.

Where is "here" and what do you mean by introduce?

Dracaenas can grow in my part of Florida but they need shelter from the coldest weather. If you are tropical, or at the very least subtropical, th ...

It's not elderberry and not dogwood. I'd have to see the leaves and berries in context to say what it is, though. A few scarlet leaves without knowing how they grow in relationship to other leaves is ...

That's spiny amaranth [i]amaranthus spinosus[/i]. Those seed heads will be full of black shiny seeds that will freely sow everywhere. They will persist in reseeding and you are right that there are pr ...

They are beautiful, aren't they?

A hardy hibiscus type flower is the Rose of Sharon, [i]Hibiscus Syriacus[/i]. I grew it in my New Jersey yard many years ago with no problem.

This family tends ...