GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Fall is officially here, bringing changes to yards and plants across households.

Plant expert Rick Vuyst said with temperatures well above average for this time of year, many yards are seeing unexpected challenges.

“This is unusual,” he said. “It is hot. It is dry. And many of the plants are under some type of stress, drought stress. And you do not want your landscape plants to go into winter under drought stress.”

Vuyst said the warm and dry weather has kept insects like monarch butterflies around longer before they head south. Annual plants in a yard can also have an extended duration period with higher temperatures.

“The annuals are going to be beautiful for another month or so,” he said.

Vuyst also recommended that people check their leaves for leaf sc

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