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Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 29, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 29, 2016
Image JPEG image Spinach smoothie
Spinach smoothie
Image JPEG image Colorado potato beetle larvae
Colorado potato beetle larvae and other pests are gorging themselves on our crops. Safe and natural insecticides can protect our harvest.
Image JPEG image Insecticide table
Effectiveness and toxicity of natural pesticides and synthetic carbaryl in home vegetable production.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 21, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 21, 2016
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 21, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 21, 2016
Image JPEG image Garden vegetables
Garden vegetables
Image JPEG image Salt-tolerant shrubs
Figs. 1-6. No plants like salty soil but some will tolerate it. Salt-tolerant shrubs include (shown top to bottom, left to right) caragana, buffaloberry, common lilac, golden currant, skunkbush sumac and juniper.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 21, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 21, 2016
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 31, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 31, 2016
Image JPEG image Lawn in fall
Lawn in fall
Image JPEG image Sweet potato
Sweet potato after one year in storage
Image JPEG image Silvernagels
Corey Silvernagel with his son Mason.
Image JPEG image Sweet potato slip
Sweet potato slip
Image JPEG image Sweet potato sprouts
Sweet potato sprouts - thumbnail
Image JPEG image Sweet potato sprouts - thumbnail
Sweet potato sprouts - thumbnail
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 12, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 12, 2016
Image JPEG image 'Akebono' Darwin hybrid tulip
'Akebono' Darwin hybrid tulip
Image JPEG image 'Pink Impression' Darwin hybrid tulip
'Pink Impression' Darwin hybrid tulip
Image JPEG image Ohio buckeye
Flowers, leaves and nuts of Ohio buckeye, a fascinating tree.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 12, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 12, 2016
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 27, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 27, 2016
Image JPEG image apple
An apple is ready to harvest when the background color of its skin turns from green to yellow.
Image JPEG image Mums
Hardy Minnesota cultivars include 'Burnt Copper', 'Mammoth Coral Daisy' and 'Yellow Quill'.
Image JPEG image Tasty winter squash
America's favorite pumpkin pie is made of 100% butternut squash. Some of the finest tasting squash are 'Dickinson', 'Uncle David's Dakota Dessert' and 'Lakota'.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for October 12, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for October 12, 2016
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for November 7, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for November 7, 2016
Image JPEG image Hyacinth
Growing hyacinths in vases has been a passion among gardeners since Victorian times. With refrigerators today, it's easy!
Image JPEG image Deer Damage
Deer are very active now. They can destroy plants by mutilating bark and feeding on lower limbs.
Image JPEG image Winterize Your Mower
Winterize Your Mower
Image JPEG image U.S. Winter Outlook 2016-17: Temperature
U.S. Winter Outlook 2016-17: Temperature
Image JPEG image U.S. Winter Outlook 2016-17: Precipitation
U.S. Winter Outlook 2016-17: Precipitation
Image JPEG image USDA Hardiness Zone Map
USDA Hardiness Zone Map
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for November 22, 2016
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for November 22, 2016
Image Holiday ornaments
Holiday ornaments
Image 'Fusion' lettuce
'Fusion' was a big winner in our North Dakota Home Garden Variety Trials. It has the wavy leaves of a leaf lettuce and the crisp texture of a romaine.
Image JPEG image 'Tohya' vegetable soybean
'Tohya' vegetable soybean
Image JPEG image 'Ivan's Belle' hybrid mountainash
'Ivan's Belle' hybrid mountainash is attractive, easy to maintain, and bears nutritious fruit.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 9, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 9, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 9, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 9, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 26, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 26, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 9, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for June 9, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 3, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 3, 2017
Image JPEG image Hybrid hazelnuts
Hybrid hazelnuts
Image JPEG image Mulch
Mulch around roses
Image JPEG image Special lilacs
‘Palibin’ (top) is a mound of amazing fragrance. Bloomerang® (bottom left) will bloom in spring and then again late into fall. ‘Prairie Petite’ has (bottom right) fragrant spikes on compact plants.
Image JPEG image Agastache
Use drought-tolerant plants. Learn about xeriscaping (landscaping to conserve water). Once established, these plants can grow with minimal watering. Xeric plants include agastache (shown), sedum, salvia, liatris, Russian sage, prairie coneflower, catmint and yarrow.
Image JPEG image Mulch
Mulch
Image JPEG image Trees in nursery
Trees in nursery
Image JPEG image Sprinkler
Sprinkler
Image JPEG image Garden sprinkler
Garden sprinkler
Image JPEG image Lawn sprinkler
Lawn sprinkler
Image JPEG image Adjust sprinkler heads
Adjust sprinkler heads
Image JPEG image Lawn mower
Lawn mower
Image Mulch clippings
Mulch clippings
Image JPEG image Mulch clippings
Mulch clippings
Image JPEG image Rain barrels
Rain barrels
Image JPEG image Japanese beetle
Japanese beetle skeletonizing leaf
Image JPEG image Japanese beetle survey map
Japanese survey map for 2016.
Image JPEG image Campfire rose
Campfire rose
Image JPEG image Watering your lawn
Measure one inch of water
Image JPEG image Drought map July 4, 2017
Drought map July 4, 2017
Image JPEG image Drought map July 11, 2017
Drought map July 11, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 15, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 15, 2017
Image JPEG image Butterfly weed
Butterfly weed is certainly not a weed. It is a Perennial All-Star!
Image JPEG image Row cover
Row cover
Image JPEG image Drought map July 18, 2017
Drought map July 18, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 1, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 1, 2017
Image JPEG image Fall salad greens
Fall salad greens
Image JPEG image Watering bags
Communities are using watering bags to save time and labor.
Image JPEG image Drought map for August 1, 2017
Drought map for August 1, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 18, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for August 18, 2017
Image JPEG image Golden conifers
The glow of larch (top left) is brilliant but brief. 'Taylor's Sunburst'pine (top right), 'Wintergold' fir (bottom left) and 'Sunkist' arborvitae (bottom right) are dazzling and hold onto their needles all year.
Image JPEG image Core aeration
Core aeration
Image JPEG image Drought map for August 22, 2017
Drought map for August 22, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 7, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 7, 2017
Image JPEG image 'Duchess of Oldenburg' apple
'Duchess of Oldenburg' is a hardy Russian apple known for its superb cooking qualities.
Image JPEG image Fallen leaf on lawn
Early September is the most important time to fertilize the lawn.
Image JPEG image Coneflower
Coneflower
Image JPEG image Drought map for September 12, 2017
Drought map for September 12, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 22, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for September 22, 2017
Image JPEG image New, Colorful Coneflowers!
Colorful coneflowers (shown from top left and clockwise): 'Cheyenne Spirit', 'PowWow Wild Berry', 'Tomato Soup' and 'Southern Belle.'
Image PNG image Ideal tree planting dates in fall
Fig. 1. Ideal planting dates.
Image PNG image Tree planting height
Fig. 2. Proper planting height.
Image JPEG image Drought map for September 19, 2017
Drought map for September 19, 2017
Image JPEG image Drought map for September 26, 2017
Drought map for September 26, 2017
Image JPEG image Drought map for September 26, 2017
Drought map for September 26, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for October 7, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for October 7, 2017
Image JPEG image Coralberry
Candy™ (top and bottom right) and Proud Berry® (bottom left) coralberries.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for November 2, 2017
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for November 2, 2017
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 9, 2018
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 9, 2018
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 9, 2018
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 9, 2018
Image JPEG image 'Nearly Wild' rose
'Nearly Wild' has the charm of a wild rose and blooms all summer.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 16, 2018
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 16, 2018
Image JPEG image Tomatoes and foliar diseases
Protect tomato vines from Septoria leaf spot (lower left) and early blight (lower right) diseases.
Image JPEG image Mockorange
'Blizzard' and close-ups of Snow White Sensation™ and 'Aurea' flowers. Photos courtesy of Bailey Nurseries, Inc.
Image JPEG image NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 23, 2018
NDSU Yard & Garden Report for July 23, 2018
Image JPEG image Mower blight
Mowers terrorize trees by scraping their trunks (left) and shallow roots (right).
Image Mulched tree
A properly mulched tree.
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