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Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Take Mike Homoya’s new book with you the next time you hike in the woods

September 15, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

For those of us who trek woodlands in search of flora, Michael Homoya has written the perfect book companion. Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests (Indiana University Press, ...

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Indiana has more native orchids than Hawaii

September 15, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

This Hoosier Gardener column was published originally May 29, 1994 in The Indianapolis Star Who says Indiana isn't paradise? Certainly not orchid lovers. Hawaii has nothing ...

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New plants get their summer school grades

September 8, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

This summer has been a baptism by fire for many of the new annuals under evaluation. Most of the trial plants are in containers, so they have been watered and fertilized ...

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You Can Grow That! September 2012: Beautyberry

September 4, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Some of the elements of fall color come in the shape of berries, which dot several plants in the late season landscape. Dogwood, holly, chokeberry and beautyberry are just a few of ...

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Indiana State Fairgrounds site of Purdue Extension-Marion County’s new demonstration garden

September 1, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

When Purdue Extension-Marion County moved from Intech Park to Discovery Hall at the Indiana State Fairgrounds earlier this year, it could not take its demonstration garden with ...

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HortusScope for September 2012

August 31, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Here's HortusScope for September 2012, a checklist of garden and nature related events compiled as a public service by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies. Please click on the link ...

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Women in the Dirt movie at the IMA profiles female landscape architects

August 28, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Celebrate the field of landscape architecture with this award-winning documentary film, Women in the Dirt (2011, director Carolann Stoney, 74 minutes), featuring the works of seven ...

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New perennials are pretty, charming and evergreen

August 18, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

  Low-growing speedwells, a charming Solomon’s seal and dwarf Japanese anemones make up the second part of a new plant sampler. Look for these plants next spring in ...

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day August 2012

August 15, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Gardeners are nothing if not full of hope. We hope the seeds sprout. We hope a struggling plant starts to do better. We hope a plant blooms like it’s supposed to do. We ...

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Doug Tallamy returns to Indiana with his native plant message

August 12, 2012 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, returns to Indiana in October to discuss his favorite subject — native plants and their role in our ecology. He will be the keynote ...

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