Late blight disease was confirmed this week on several tomato samples from Tippecanoe County in west-central Indiana, leading the Purdue University Plant and Pest Diagnostic ...
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Visit Garfield Park and vote for your favorite plant
(C) Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp If you’ve always wanted to have your voice heard in all those “best plants” categories, here’s your chance. At the top of the hill at the Garfield ...
Tropicals at their peak in the Hoosier Garden
Tropical plants cast just the right spell that gardeners need to weather the dog days of summer. By August, plants that thrive in the tropics are reaching their seasonal peak — ...
You Can Grow That! August 2013: Annual ornamental grasses
We usually think of ornamental grasses as hardy perennials, which many of them are. But, there are some fabulous ornamental grasses that are annuals or tender perennials grown like ...
Annuals earn top marks in summer trials
Even though I was quite late getting them potted up in containers, several new annuals have earned more than passing grades in their summer trials. Plant breeders have ...
HortusScope for August 2013
Here's HortusScope for August 2013, a checklist of garden and nature related events compiled as a public service by Wendy Ford of Landscape Fancies. Please click on the link below ...
Popular fountain grass earns weed of the month moniker
A popular ornamental grass planted in thousands of Indiana landscapes was named Purdue University’s Weed of the Month in June. Fountain grass (Pennisetum) has escaped our garden ...
Pink Zazzle gomphrena dazzles
I’m just back from the country’s largest horticulture trade show in Columbus, Ohio, and am full of plant lust. In the annual category, the showstopper this year was the ...
Rain pushes growth and roots struggle to keep up
Compared to last year, when crispy and brown defined the landscape, this year’s weather has created a lush, tropical jungle. Trees, shrubs, perennials and vegetables have been ...
Blueberry harvest just sweet enough
Ok, the blueberry harvest did not fill a bushel, but it did provide just enough of the sweet fruit in a green salad for a family dinner. This is year three of ‘Northsky’ and ...
