Insects on Trees
Insect pests commonly occuring on trees Contact Us / Disclaimer / Equal Opportunity [... more]
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Drying Flowers from Your Garden
Begin by picking flowers at their peak bloom, but include some unopened buds to add interest to your arrangements. Cut at midday when the flowers are dry but not wilted from the hot afternoon sun. If you can't start the drying process right away, ... [... more]
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Denver Master Gardener, Gardening and Horticulture
Master gardeners in Denver provide research-based gardening information on trees & shrubs, flowers,weeds, insects, garden pests, lawn & grasses, fruits & vegetables, water gardening, gardening with children, xeriscape, houseplants & [... more]
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Shrub Roses
Shrub roses and old garden roses are gaining national popularity as gardeners realize the excellent floral quality, good disease tolerance, and winter hardiness of these plants. By planting shrub roses, pesticide usage can be minimized and some ... [... more]
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Small Shrubs for Small Spaces
Whether you're landscaping your yard for the first time, or you simply need to replace aging plants that are past their prime, small shrubs might be just what you need. Shrubs provide the structural backbone of a garden. With their colorful ... [... more]
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Soil preparation for successful gardening
Living in the West has always meant being in touch with the land. Successful Colorado gardeners learn how to take advantage of the favorable plant growing properties of our soils, and how to moderate the less favorable ones through soil ... [... more]
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Which crabapple varieties are best
Selecting a crabapple tree for your yard can make you -- well, crabby. Between fireblight, yellowing of leaves and too much fruit falling in your yard, crabapple selection can be a problem. Ten years ago, Colorado State University began ... [... more]
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Container Water Gardens
Although many people are putting in full-scale pond features, you don't need to do that to enjoy water garden plants. Container water gardens are as much alternatives as container flowers are to a full-size flower bed. The only difference is that ... [... more]
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Xeriscape gardening
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Moving Indoor Plants Outside in Summer
The last average frost in the metro Denver area varies from May 15 to May 25, so wait until near the end of May. When you do set out plants, begin with days only and put plants in a protected location where they are not exposed to drying winds ... [... more]
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The simple act of starting a seed
Why not renew your spirit by sowing seeds indoors? For an extra kick, consider a seed-starting project with a child. Nurturing a plant helps children learn to nurture themselves while teaching responsibility through plant care and building ... [... more]
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Controlling sucker sprouts from roots and stumps
After cutting down a tree, sucker sprouts may keep coming up from the roots and from the stump. How can these be controlled? To the fresh-cut stump, paint on glyphosate, dicamba or ammonium sulfanate herbicides. If the stump was cut several weeks ... [... more]
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