BURSTING INTO BLOOM
SPRING
CLEANING IN THE GARDEN
Tips to help your summer flower beds
be more healthy and beautiful, from Barb Fick, OSU Extension
horticulturist.
OSU’S
LIST OF WATER-WISE FLOWERING PERENNIALS TO PLANT IN SPRING
Extension
horticulturalists offer up a proven list of flowering perennials
that don’t need too much watering once established,
that go into the ground this spring.
FRAGRANT
SWEET PEAS SHOULD BE PLANTED EARLY
Secrets for growing robust,
healthy and fragrant sweet pea flowers, from OSU Extension
horticulturist Ross Penhallegon.
PLANT
THESE FLOWERS SOON FOR SCENTED SUMMER EVENINGS
Here’s a
list of sweet scented, night bloomers to plant soon for
nocturnal fragrance this summer.
FOR THE ROSES
EARLY
SPRING IS A GOOD TIME TO PRUNE AND FERTILIZE ROSES
The OSU
Extension Master Gardener program stresses proper pruning
for encouraging new growth, which in turn produces more and
larger flowers.
HOW
TO PREVENT DISEASES ON YOUR ROSES
Here’s a year-round
integrated approach to pest and disease control for roses,
from OSU Extension plant pathologist Jay Pscheidt.
PERENNIAL BLOOMERS
FLOWERING
CLEMATIS VINES BRING ON BEAUTY FOR DECADES
Most of the hundreds
of varieties of clematis have three main requirements for
care. OSU Extension horticulturist Ross Penhallegon explains
the basics of care for these flowering vines.
BRING
SPRING-FLOWERING SHRUB BRANCHES INDOORS TO BLOOM
Learn how
to cut and force branches of forsythia, spirea, and flowering
cherry and plum to bloom indoors, from OSU Extension horticulturist
Barb Fick.
GIVE
RHODODENDRONS AND AZALEAS A CHECKUP THIS SPRING
Spring is
time to check up and maintain these woody flowering shrubs.
PRUNE
CAMELLIAS AFTER SPRING BLOOM
Is your camellia looking a little
bedraggled? Is it in need of a trim? Read on.
HOW
TO PREVENT AND RECOGNIZE LILAC DISEASE
Melodie Putnam, OSU
Extension plant pathologist demystifies lilac bacterial blight
and explains how best to prevent it, including planting resistant
varieties listed.
LANDSCAPING
WITH NW NATIVE PLANTS
Learn all about using PNW native plants
in your perennial flower garden at OSU Extension’s
Landscaping with Native Plants website.
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FLOWER GROWING?
VISIT
OSU EXTENSION’S ONLINE CATALOG
Many of OSU Extension’s
publications about garden planning, planting and caring for
flowering plants can be downloaded, for no charge, off the
web. Start here.
ONE-MINUTE GARDENER
Gardening
tips from OSU Extension's radio archive. Turn
your speakers on and visit the links below:
KEEP EASTER
LILIES GOING UNTIL NEXT YEAR
DEADHEADING
DAFFODILS
MARCH GARDEN CALENDAR
THINGS
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