Mum season is upon us, and every year, gardeners want to know how to help these perennials survive winter, or when to divide them. Even though it’s contrary to what the market ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day October 2010
In many ways, I’m glad this summer is over. Not that I want to wish time away, but this summer has been brutal. As it passes into fall, our hopes for a better summer next year are ...
Nature determines fall color
In the October 2010 issue of Angie's List magazine, the Hoosier Gardener talks about fall color with Midwest experts, who share which trees are their favorites this time of ...
Select perennials that work well with spring-blooming bulbs
A frequent complaint gardeners have about spring blooming bulbs is that their leaves stay around for weeks, marring the image of a neat and tidy landscape. That’s because the ...
Hoosier Gardener talks to Fox 59 about I-70 beautification
The Hoosier Gardener talks about the I-70 beautification project Oct. 6 on Fox 59's Morning News program. We'll discuss several native plants that will adorn the interchanges that ...
Award-winning I-70 beautification project rooted in Lilly Day of Service
Thousands of volunteers will plant 73,000 native trees, shrubs and perennials in the interchanges along a six-mile stretch of I-70, from I-465 to I-65, on Thursday, Oct, 7. As ...
College campus trees focus of Arbor Day photo contest
Capture an image of a beautiful tree in front of an iconic building or landmark located on a college campus and you could win a laptop computer and have the Arbor Day Foundation ...
Tree identification part of emerald ash borer control
The dreaded emerald ash borer has been found along the Monon trail in Nora, in Sahm Park and at Castleton Square mall in Indianapolis. The Monon in Nora is the farthest south and ...
10 things I learned from my garden in 2010
C.L. Fornari, who blogs at Whole Life Gardening, challenged fellow bloggers to consider what we learned from our gardens in 2010. Here's my response. 10. Plants need water to ...
6 things you should know about the emerald ash borer
The Hoosier Gardener talks with Jud Scott, a certified arborist and owner of Vine & Branch, about the emerald ash borer, Sept. 22 on Indianapolis' Fox 59's Morning News. The ...