From Rosie Lerner, Purdue University Consumer Horticulturist As most gardeners have marveled, we're having one of the earliest "spring" seasons this year, with woody plants ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2012
Last Saturday was my first day back at the garden center, where I quit last summer. Maybe we both needed a break, because I was invited back to work a few months during the peak ...
Spring is in the air
It’s easy to understand how the phrase ‘spring is in the air’ came to be. You can smell it. From the spring bulbs to viburnums, lilacs and Cheddar pinks, the air is filled with ...
Win free tickets to Orchard in Bloom
Orchard in Bloom, an Indianapolis spring tradition, will be April 27 through 29, 2012 at Holliday Park. The Hoosier Gardener has three pairs of tickets to be given away at a ...
New blight on boxwood also threatens Japanese spurge
A worrisome new fungus found on boxwoods also threatens Japanese spurge, the popular ground cover, according to Purdue University's Plant Pest Diagnostic Laboratory. Boxwood ...
You Can Grow That! April 2012: Tender, Summer Bulbs
For many gardeners, summer bulbs are as mysterious as the exotic places they come from. Most bulbs that bloom in summer look different than their spring-blooming relatives. Many ...
First time with a yard? The City Gardener Program is for you
If you've just moved into your first house with a yard and you are unsure of what to do with the lawn, trees and, oh, you might like to have a vegetable or flower garden, then the ...
Early treatment for emerald ash borer advised
Warmer than normal temperatures have raised concerns about the early emergence and flight of the emerald ash borer, says Cliff Sadof, an entomology professor at Purdue ...
Protecting plants when freeze or frost threatens
Most of the time when freezing or frosty temperatures are predicted after an extended warm period, you don't have to do anything to protect plants. Yes, there may be some ...
Trial gardens reveal best early blooming perennials
If there’s anything that consumers want in their perennials, it’s low maintenance, says Pam Bennett, who runs the trial gardens for Ohio State University Extension. She ...