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Beat the August heat in your garden and landscape
Published on August 1, 2018
A major task for the home garden and landscape in August is to make sure that plants get watered. -
Extreme springtime conditions cause stress to many conifer shrubs in Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin
Published on July 20, 2018
Use Smart Gardening tips for current management and future prevention of water stress in conifer shrubs. -
Lymantria dispar outbreaks may be contained with the help of a little fungus
Published on June 22, 2018
Entomophaga fungus keeps Lymantria dispar, formerly gypsy moth, populations in check with spring rainfall. -
Oak vein pocket gall: A bizarre looking leaf injury caused by a tiny insect
Published on June 7, 2018
Feeding damage by this gall midge causes bizarre overgrowths of plant tissues on red oak leaves. -
Boxwood leafminer: A serious pest of a favorite landscape plant
Published on May 11, 2018
Spring time reveals damage from a boxwood pest that was active late last summer. -
Lilac: An old-fashioned, favorite shrub
Published on May 10, 2018
Lilacs are a favorite shrub because of their flowers and fragrance. Cultivars of several Asian species rebloom, are resistant to mildew and more compact in size, and have a pleasant fragrance and attractive blossoms. -
Growing populations of gypsy moth caterpillars raise concern for landscapes and woodlots
Published on May 9, 2018
Spring hatch of gypsy moth caterpillar begins in Michigan. -
Forcing spring flowering trees and shrubs to bloom indoors
Published on March 1, 2018
Bring an early spring indoors with blooms from flowering trees and shrubs. -
Wildlife Habitat
Published on February 14, 2018
Habitat is a warm, fuzzy idea. However, specific management practices have important aspects that are not necessarily so. What makes a good woodland habitat? -
Fun facts about pine cones
Published on December 29, 2017
Aside from their decorating uses, pinecones play an important role in nature. Like all plant parts, they have a very specific function in the plant world.