On-Line Home Gardening Publications
Woody Plants -- Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
Care and planting
- Christmas Tree: Care for Cut Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #2006
- Christmas Trees: Care of Living Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #2017
- Christmas Tree: Recycling -- Planttalk Colorado #2007
- Containers – Overwintering Container Plants – Planttalk #2028
- Desiccation in Woody Plants -- Planttalk Colorado #2105
- Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112 -- pdf
- Environmental Disorders of Woody Plants – CSUE #2.932---Printable pdf
- Fall and Winter Watering – CSUE #7.211 --- Printable pdf
- Fall and Winter Watering -- Planttalk Colorado #1706
- Fall and Winter Watering During Drought -- Planttalk Colorado #1751
- Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs -- Planttalk Colorado #1708
- Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs in Fall: During Drought -- Planttalk Colorado #1752
- Fertilizing - When to Fertilize -- Planttalk Colorado #1720
- Hardening Winter Plants -- Planttalk Colorado #1731
- Healthy Roots and Healthy Trees – CSUE #2.926 --- Printable pdf
- Hiring a Tree Care Company -- Planttalk Colorado #1709
- Iron Chlorosis in Trees – Planttalk #2121
- Irrigation – Fall and Winter Watering – CSUE #7.211 --- Printable pdf
- Irrigation - Fall and Winter Watering -- Planttalk Colorado #1706
- Irrigation - Fall and Winter Watering During Drought -- Planttalk Colorado #1751
- Irrigation - Watering -- Planttalk Colorado #1719
- Mulching with Wood/Bark Chip, Grass and Rock, GardenNotes #216 -- pdf
- Overwintering Container Plants – Planttalk #2028
- Plant Health Care -- Planttalk Colorado #1739
- Plant Health Care & Life Cycle of Trees, GardenNotes #111 -- pdf
- Stump Removal -- Planttalk Colorado #1740
- Watering -- Planttalk Colorado #1719
- When to Fertilize -- Planttalk Colorado #1720
- Why Leaves Change Color -- Planttalk Colorado #1728
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Diseases and Abiotic Disorders of Shade Trees and Shrub
- Abnormal and Distorted Plant Growth -- Planttalk Colorado #2101
- Anthracnose -- Sycamore Anthracnose – CSUE #2.930 --- Printable pdf
- Anthracnose - Sycamore Anthracnose -- Planttalk Colorado #1406
- Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots – CSUE #2.920 --- Printable pdf
- Aspen Leaf Spot -- Planttalk Colorado #1403
- Bacterial Wetwood – CSUE #2.910 --- Printable pdf
- Bacterial Wetwood -- Planttalk Colorado #1438
- Canker Diseases on Deciduous Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1407
- Cytospora -- Planttalk Colorado #1451
- Cytospora Canker – CSUE #2.937 --- Printable pdf
- Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112 -- pdf
- Diseases of Roses in Colorado – CSUE #2.946 --- printable pdf
- Dutch Elm Disease – CSUE #5.506 --- Printable pdf
- Dutch Elm Disease -- Planttalk Colorado #1423
- Fire Blight – CSUE #2.907 --- Printable pdf
- Fire blight -- Planttalk Colorado #1411
- Honeylocust Diseases – CSUE #2.939 --- Printable pdf
- Iron Chlorosis in Trees – Planttalk #2121
- Juniper-Hawthorn Rust – CSUE #2.904 --- Printable pdf
- Juniper-Hawthron Rust -- Planttalk Colorado #1450
- Marssonina Leaf Spot – Planttalk #1476
- Oak Leaf Blister -- Planttalk Colorado #1449
- Plant Health Care & Life Cycle of Trees, GardenNotes #111 -- pdf
- Rose Diseases -- Planttalk Colorado #1433
- Roses – Diseases of Roses in Colorado – CSUE #2.946 --- printable pdf
- Sunscald of Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #2111
- Sycamore Anthracnose – CSUE #2.930 --- Printable pdf
- Sycamore Anthracnose -- Planttalk Colorado #1406
- Tree Leaf Scorch -- Planttalk Colorado #2112
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Insects of Shade Tree and Shrubs
- Abnormal and Distorted Plant Growth -- Planttalk Colorado #2101
- Aphids on Shade Trees and Ornamentals – CSUE #5.511 --- Printable pdf
- Ash Borer -- Planttalk Colorado #1425
- Ash Plant Bugs -- Planttalk Colorado #1434
- Ash Sawfly -- Planttalk Colorado #1455
- Bagworms – Snailcase Bagworm – CSUE #5.580 --- Printable pdf
- Borers - Ash Borer -- Planttalk Colorado #1425
- Borers – Oak Borer – Planttalk #1477
- Borers – Shade Tree Borers – CSUE #5.530 --- Printable pdf
- Borers - Tree Borers -- Planttalk Colorado #1417
- Boxelder Bugs -- Planttalk Colorado #1405
- Brown-headed Ash Sawfly – CSUE #5.586 --- Printable pdf
- Caterpillars – Gypsy Moth – CSUE #5.539 --- Printable pdf
- Caterpillars – Tent-Making Caterpillars CSUE #5.583 --- Printable pdf
- Cicadas – CSUE #5.590 --- Printable pdf
- Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112 -- pdf
- Elm Leaf Beetles – CSUE #5.521 --- Printable pdf
- Galls – Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – CSUE #5.557 --- Printable pdf
- Galls – Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – CSUE #5.579 --- Printable pdf
- Gypsy Moth – CSUE #5.539 --- Printable pdf
- Hawthorne Mealybugs -- Planttalk Colorado #1457
- Honeylocust – Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – CSUE #5.571 --- Printable pdf
- Honeysuckle Witches Broom aphid – CSUE #5.546 --- Printable pdf
- Horticultural Oils -- CSUE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
- Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – CSUE #5.557 --- Printable pdf
- Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – CSUE #5.571 --- Printable pdf
- Insect Control: Horticultural Oils -- CSUE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
- Leafmining Insects – CSUE #5.548 --- Printable pdf
- Oak Borer – Planttalk #1477
- Oyster Shell Scale – CSUE #5.513 --- Printable pdf
- Oyster Shell Scale -- Planttalk Colorado #1414
- Pear Slug – CSUE #5.560 --- Printable pdf
- Plant Health Care & Life Cycle of Trees, GardenNotes #111 -- pdf
- Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – CSUE #5.579 --- Printable pdf
- Polar Twig-Gall fly -- Planttalk Colorado #1437
- Root Weevils – CSUE #5.551 --- Printable pdf
- Rose Cane borer -- Planttalk Colorado #1463
- Sawfly – Brown-headed Ash Sawfly – CSUE #5.586 --- Printable pdf
- Sawfly - Ash Sawfly -- Planttalk Colorado #1455
- Scale – Oyster Shell Scale – CSUE #5.513 --- Printable pdf
- Shade Tree Borers – CSUE #5.530 --- Printable pdf
- Snailcase Bagworm – CSUE #5.580 --- Printable pdf
- Spider Mites – CSUE #5.507 --- Printable pdf
- Tent Caterpillar – Planttalk #1484
- Tent-Making Caterpillars CSUE #5.583 --- Printable pdf
- Tree Borers -- Planttalk Colorado #1417
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Insects, Diseases and Abiotic Disorders of Evergreens
- Bark Beetles – Planttalk #1469
- Conifer Seed Bugs – CSUE #5.588 --- Printable pdf
- Cooley Spruce Gall -- Planttalk Colorado #1432
- Cooley Spruce Galls – CSUE #5.534 --- Printable pdf
- Diagnosing Tree Disorders, GardenNotes #112 -- pdf
- Douglas-fir Tussock Moth -- Planttalk Colorado #1422
- Douglas-Fir Tussock Moths – CSUE #5.542 --- Printable pdf
- Dwarf Mistletoe -- Planttalk Colorado #2106
- Dwarf Mistletoe Management – CSUE #2.925 --- Printable pdf
- Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – CSUE #5.569 --- Printable pdf
- IPS Beetles -- CSUE #5.558 --- Printable pdf
- Juniper-Hawthorn Rust – CSUE #2.904 --- Printable pdf
- Juniper Hawthorn Rust -- Planttalk Colorado #1450
- Mountain Pine Beetle -- Planttalk Colorado #1424
- Mountain Pine Beetle and Bark Beetles – CSUE #5.528 --- Printable pdf
- Needle Browning of Evergreens – Planttalk #2123
- Pine Tip Moths – CSUE #5.529 --- Printable pdf
- Pinon Decline -- Planttalk Colorado #1465
- Pinon Pine Insects and Diseases – CSUE #2.948 --- Printable pdf
- Pinon Pine "Pitch Mass" Borer -- Planttalk Colorado #1456
- Plant Health Care & Life Cycle of Trees, GardenNotes #111 -- pdf
- Ponderosa Pine Budworm – CSUE #5.567 --- Printable pdf
- Ponderosa Pine Needle Miners – CSUE #5.544 --- Printable pdf
- Sawfly on Evergreens -- Planttalk Colorado #1439
- Scale Insects Affecting Conifers – CSUE #5.514 --- Printable pdf
- Scale Insects on Pines -- Planttalk Colorado #1418
- Spider Mites – CSUE #5.507 --- Printable pdf
- Western Spruce Budworms – CSUE #5.543 --- Printable pdf
- Winter Browning of Evergreens -- Planttalk Colorado #2114
- Zimmerman Pine Moth -- Planttalk Colorado #1459
- Zimmerman Pine Moths – CSUE #5.591 --- Printable pdf
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Planting
- Buying Trees and Shrubs -- PlanttalkColorado #1703
- Care of Recently Planted Trees, GardenNotes #635 -- pdf
- Fall Planting -- Planttalk Colorado #1707
- Planting Trees and Shrubs -- Planttalk Colorado #1711
- Preparing the Planting Site -- Planttalk Colorado #1712
- The Science of Planting Trees, GardenNotes #633 -- pdf
- Transplanting Trees and Shrubs -- Planttalk Colorado #1717
- Tree Placement: Right Plant Right Place, GardenNotes #631 -- pdf
- Tree Planting Steps, GardenNotes #636 -- pdf
- Tree Selection: Right Plant Right Place, GardenNotes #632 -- pdf
- Tree Staking and Underground Stabilization, GardenNotes #634 -- pdf
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Pruning
- Developing Strong Branch Unions, GardenNotes #612 -- pdf
- Pruning Cuts, GardenNotes #613 -- pdf
- Pruning Evergreens, GardenNotes #618 -- pdf
- Pruning Flowering Shrubs, GardenNotes #619 -- pdf
- Pruning Mature Trees, GardenNotes #616 -- pdf
- Pruning Shade Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1724
- Pruning Shrubs -- Planttalk Colorado #1713
- Renewing Shrubs -- Planttalk Colorado #1729
- Structural Training of Young Shade Trees, GardenNotes #614 -- pdf
- Structural Training: Pruning Flow Chart, GardenNotes #615 -- pdf
- Tree Growth and Decay, GardenNotes #611 -- pdf
- When to Prune -- Planttalk Colorado #1730
- Why Prune Shade Trees? -- Planttalk Colorado #1721
- Wound Dressing – Planttalk #1753
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Selection of Evergreens
- Creeping Oregon Grape -- Planttalk Colorado #1737
- Dwarf and Specialty conifers -- Planttalk Colorado #1704
- Evergreen Shrubs – CSUE #7.414 --- Printable pdf
- Evergreen Trees – CSUE #7.403 --- Printable pdf
- Evergreen Trees for Colorado Landscapes -- Planttalk Colorado #1722
- Pinon -- Planttalk Colorado #1748
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Selection of Shrubs and Vines
- Apache Plume -- Planttalk Colorado #1742
- Attracting Birds -- Planttalk Colorado #1702
- Deciduous Shrubs – CSUE #7.415 --- Printable pdf
- Fall and Winter Interest -- Planttalk Colorado #1705
- Hedges – CSUE #7.208 --- Printable pdf
- Holly -- Planttalk Colorado #1732
- Mountain - Trees and Shrubs for Mountain Areas -- CSUE #7.423 -- Printable pdf
- Native Shrubs for Colorado Landscapes – CSUE #7.422 ---Printable pdf
- New and Under-Used Shrubs -- Planttalk Colorado #1723
- Rabbitbrush -- Planttalk Colorado #1741
- Rose Culture – CSUE #7.416 --- Printable pdf
- Rose of Sharon -- Planttalk Colorado #1749
- Roses: Basics -- Planttalk Colorado #1725
- Roses – Selecting and Planting Roses – CSUE #7.404 --- Printable pdf
- Roses: Shrub Roses -- Planttalk Colorado #1745
- Roses: Winter Care -- Planttalk Colorado #1726
- Roses – Rose Culture – CSUE #7.416 --- Printable pdf
- Selecting Shrubs -- Planttalk Colorado #1714
- Shade - Trees and Shrubs for Shady Areas -- Planttalk Colorado #1718
- Viburnum -- Planttalk Colorado #1743
- Vines for Colorado -- Planttalk Colorado #1727
- Xeriscaping: Trees and Shrubs – CSUE #7.229 --- Printable pdf
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Selection of Deciduous Trees
- Ash Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1735
- Aspen Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1701
- Attracting Birds -- Planttalk Colorado #1702
- Austrees -- Planttalk Colorado #1738
- Birds -- Attracting Birds -- Planttalk Colorado #1702
- Crabapple - Flowering Crabapple -- Planttalk Colorado #1747
- Elm Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1746
- Fall and Winter Interest -- Planttalk Colorado #1705
- Flowering Crabapple -- Planttalk Colorado #1747
- Goldenrain Tree -- Planttalk Colorado #1744
- Large Deciduous Trees for Street and Shade – CSUE #7.419 --- Printable pdf
- Linden Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1734
- Maple Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1733
- Mountain - Trees and Shrubs for Mountain Areas -- CSUE #7.423 -- Printable pdf
- Native Trees for Colorado Landscapes – CSUE #7.421 --- Printable pdf
- Native Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1710
- Oak Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1736
- Russian Olive Alternatives -- Planttalk Colorado #1750
- Selecting Trees -- Planttalk Colorado #1715
- Shade - Trees and Shrubs for Shady Areas -- Planttalk Colorado #1718
- Small Deciduous Trees for Privacy and Color – CSUE #7.418 --- Printable pdf
- Small Trees and Utility Lines -- Planttalk Colorado #1716
- Tree Placement: Right Plant Right Place, GardenNotes #631 -- pdf
- Tree Selection: Right Plant Right Place, GardenNotes #632 -- pdf
- Trees and Shrubs for Mountain Areas -- CSUE #7.423 -- Printable pdf
- Trees and Shrubs for Shady Areas -- Planttalk Colorado #1718
- Xeriscaping: Trees and Shrubs – CSUE #7.229 --- Printable pdf
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