In honor of Labor Day weekend, here’s are some tips for saving time and reducing work in the landscape. Keep a watering can or bucket close to the hose. This way you can fill ...
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HortusScope for October 2011
Here's a calendar of garden and nature related activities in Indiana for September, 2011. It is complied as a public service by Wendy For of Landscape Fancies, LLC. Click on the ...
Tallamy emphasizes importance of native plants to wildlife corridors
Doug Tallamy is the Pied Piper of native plants. Hear him speak or read his book Bringing Nature Home, and you’ll grab a spade, dig a hole and plant a native plant. That’s what ...
Wet or dry, mosquitoes thrive in the landscape
You’d think that as dry as it has been, that the mosquito threat would be reduced. However, depending on the species, mosquitoes lay eggs in two ways: direct hatching or delayed ...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day August 2011
Brutal is how I would describe the last 30 days. Plants, animals and humans gasp for breath during hot, densely humid days and nights while suffering from a lack of water. The ...
Weevil takes heads off of coneflowers, sunflowers and other plants
All over Indianapolis, coneflowers and sunflowers are losing their heads. The sunflower head-clipping weevil (Haplorhynchites aeneus) is to blame for the near decapitation of ...
Final weekend for Garfield Park’s butterfly exhibit
An exhibit of native butterflies begins July 23 at Garfield Park Conservatory & Sunken Garden, Indianapolis' oldest city park. Among the events: July 23-Aug. 7, Backyard ...
Vote early and often for your favorite new plant at the Garfield Park Arts Center
Want to have your voice heard in the gardening industry? The public is invited to vote for favorite new plants on display in a garden at the Garfield Park Arts Center on ...
Calcium deficiency causes blossom end rot on tomatoes, peppers and eggplants
The rain and then the lack of it has caused many tomatoes, peppers and eggplants to develop blossom end rot. This is a condition brought on by a calcium deficiency. It is not a ...
Two new daisies shine in the Indiana garden
Shasta daisies come and go, but two in my garden look like they have staying power. Famous horticulturist and plant breeder Luther Burbank named the shasta (Leucanthemum) in ...