Gardening Articles

Topics include Flowers, Fruits & Vegetables, Lawn & Yard, Trees & Shrubs,
and other General gardening information.

Most Recent Articles:

• The World of Mulberries**New 2008 Script
• Pruning Flowering Shrubs**New 2008 Script
• Arbor Day Celebration of Champions**New 2008 Script
• Paper Wasps**New 2008 Script

Topics

• Flowers
• Fruits and Vegetables
• General
• Lawn and Yard
• Trees and Shrubs

Flowers

• Agastache brings xeric beauty to Colorado gardens
• Beardtongue adds a touch of the wild to the Colorado garden
• Best Annuals for 1999
• Butterfly and Hummingbird Gardening Using Annuals
• Campanula - Beauty and the Beast
• Celebrate Autumn Color with Late-Blooming Perennials
• Columbine Plants Suggested for Home Gardens
• Common Rose Diseases
• Daffodils: Antique and Fragrant
• Drawn to Daylilies
• Easter Lilies**New 2008 Script
• Easter Lilies and Cat Health
• Fall care of perennials
• Flower Management Before, During, and Following Drought
• Flower trial results released by Colorado State University
• Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Winter Blooms
• Hardy Bulbs for Colorado Gardens
• Hot Time In the Old Flower Bed Tonight
• Hydrangeas for the Front Range
• Iris - a plant for many seasons
• Iris, Iris Everywhere!
• Longmont Rose Garden
• Miniature Roses: Versatile plants -- indoors or out!
• Moss-lined flowering baskets
• The Night Shift
• Oriental Poppies (Papaver orientale)
• Passion or obsession? Whichever the outlook, gardeners love their roses
• Penstemons
• Perennial flowers for hot July
• Perennial Shade Gardening
• Planning and Planting Perennials
• Plant Peonies in the Fall
• Poppies
• Propagating Perennials
• Propagating Wildflowers From Seed
• Proper selection, planting and care make roses the star of the garden
• Pruning the perennial garden
• Rock and Alpine Gardening Using Annuals
• Scented Geraniums
• Seeking the natives
• Shooting Stars in the Garden
• Six New Plants for Colorado's Climate
• Sleeping Beauties
• Summertime Flower Projects
• Sunflowers -- Growing sunshine
• Superior annuals from 2001 flower trials at Colorado State University
• Time to plant fall bulbs
• Unusual summer blooming perennials
• Versatile lavender at home in Front Range gardens
• Versatile veronicas
• What do I do with my orchid now that it has finished blooming?
• Xeriscape Perennials for Mountain Gardeners

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Fruits and Vegetables

• Alliums-The Beautiful Onions
• Basil - the scent of summer
• The big payoff - harvest vegetables at their peak
• Chile Peppers for the Home Garden
• Cutting garden brings delight twice
• End-of-season not here yet for vegetable gardeners
• Enjoy Water-Wise Herbs in Your Kitchen and Garden
• Fall Planted Garlic
• The Farmers' Markets are back!
• Fresh Manure and Food Gardens Don't Mix
• Home Grown Transplants Require TLC
• Herbs anyone?
• Local Testing Reveals Best Vegetable Varieties
• Melting Pot Garden
• Now is the time to plant pumpkins
• Perfect Pea Planning Promises Prime Patch
• Peter Piper Picked. Peppers
• Plan Now for a Bumper Crop of Healthy Tomatoes
• Planning Your Vegetable Garden**New 2008 Script
• Pumpkins in the Home Garden
• Small Vegetable Gardens
• TLC for Your Fruit Trees
• Vegetable Garden Site Tips
• Vegetable Gardening in Raised Beds
• Using Herbs in the Garden
• Winning Tomato Varieties

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General

• The ABCs of growing houseplants
• Adapting a garden for arthritis
• .And hyacinth for thy soul.
• Applications due for Colorado Master Gardener program
• Awesome Worms: Building Soils and the Environmental Economy
      by Eating Your Garbage
• Backyard bees
• Beautiful and versatile wisteria
• Beneficial insects do hard work of pest control in garden
• Colorado Master Gardeners ready to help
• Common Mullein
• Container gardening in 10 easy steps
• Cooped Up with Insects Annoying
• Don't Forget the Salad Greens
• Drip Irrigation
• Drip irrigation can be a simple solution
• Estate planning for farm families - asking the tough questions
• Everything you always wanted to know about aphids
• Find Your Last Frost Date
• Full sun in Colorado needs careful plant selection
• Garden Structures Add Vertical Interest
• Gardening challenges for newcomers to Colorado
• Gardening Fun for Kids
• Gardening Naturally
• Gardening with Pets
• Getting Ready for Winter
• Go Ask Planttalk.org!
• Grasshoppers at the garden gate! What should I do?
• Harvest seeds for next year's bounty
• Hawk Moths are a Fascinating, and Sometimes Troublesome,
      Addition to Home Gardens
• In Partnership with Honeybees
• It's March and Time to Dig in the Garden
• Making scents of it all
• Mistletoe Magic, Myth and Mystery
• Mulch - an important part of your garden
• Mulch Your Way to Healthy Soil
• Noxious Weeds and the Bee
• Organic Soil Amendments
• Paper Wasps**New 2008 Script
• Planning & Planting a Windbreak
• Planning Your Garden - It's a Must!
• Plant a Row program yields fresh vegetables for Denver's needy
• Planting for Energy Conservation
• A Primer About Grasshoppers
• Product Label and Protective Gear Keys to Safe Pesticide Use
• Season Extenders
• A Spring Invitation
• Two Good Bugs
• Selecting annual plants for shady areas
• Sow a Chef's Garden**New 2008 Script
• Special Garden Tools Help the Physically Challenged
• Tackle spring weeds now
• Test Your Colorado Gardening IQ
• Tune up your irrigation system and save dollars
• Water gardens in containers add lush beauty in time of drought
• Weed Control in the Home Landscape
• What's wrong with my plant?
• When Your Houseplants Lose Their Leaves. . .
• Worm composting can eat up your kitchen leftovers
• Xeric Color
• Yes, Houseplants Experience Stress, Too

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Lawn and Yard

• Brown Spots in the Lawn
• CSU Lawncheck service now available
• Fall's a Great Time to Re-seed a Lawn
• Frost Protection for Plants
• Fall lawn renovation offers a jump on spring
• Fall Lawn Care
• Fire-resistant Landscaping
• Grasses in the Home Landscape
• Ground cover - the good, the bad, the ugly
• Kentucky Bluegrass Blues
• Late Summer: An Excellent Time for Lawn Renovation
• Lawn Care
• Microclimates in your landscape dictate planting material
• Ornamental Grasses in the Home Landscape
• Shutting off water to bluegrass lawns a legitimate water conservation possibility
• Spring Yard Fertilization
• Test your garden soils this spring
• Turfgrass Diseases
• Water-wise landscape irrigation
• When growing gets tough, xeric groundcovers get growing

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Trees and Shrubs

• Arbor Day Celebration of Champions**New 2008 Script
• Blue Shrubs for the Garden
• Euphoria over Euphorbia
• Experience Pleasure Growing Fruit Trees
• Insect Control on Trees
• Now Is the Time of Year to Prune
• Pruning Flowering Shrubs**New 2008 Script
• Recycling Trees for Mulch
• Spring Tree Care
• The Intimate Patio Tree
• The World of Mulberries**New 2008 Script
• Weigh Advantages/Disadvantages When Choosing Aspen
• What's Happening to our Aspen Forests?
• What's that eating my ash tree?
• Wind Tolerant Trees & Shrubs

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