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Consumer Horticulture

Purdue University Yard and Garden News-Summer

The following news stories are written by Rosie Lerner, Extension Consumer Horticulture Specialist, and are distributed to news media around the state by the Agricultural Communication Service at Purdue University.

• Stressed Plants May Look Like Early Fall (Aug 19, 2011)
• Weeding is Good Exercise (July 26 2011)
• Watering 101 (June 16, 2011)
• Consider Garden Mums for Fall Color (19 August 2010)
• Sunscald: Too Much of a Good Thing (July 15, 2010)
• Early Heat Wave Challenges Gardens and Gardeners (June 17, 2010)
• Blossom-End Rot of Tomatoes Likely This Season (August 20, 2009)
• Rose-of-Sharon (16 July 2009)
• Gardening Can Be Hail (18 June 2009)
• All-American Selections New Flowers and Vegetables for 2009 (21 August 2008)
• When Lightning Strikes, Is the Tree Out? (17 July 2008)
• After The Flood: Garden and Landscape Plants (19 June 2008)
• All-American Selections New Flowers and Vegetables for 2008 (16 August 2007)
• Showy Foliage for Shade Gardens (19 July 2007)
• Help Your Garden Cope with Dry Spell (21 June 2007)
• All-American Selections New Flowers and Vegetables for 2007 (18 August 2006)
• Stressed Plants May Look Like Early Fall (4 August 2006)
• Bitter Cucumbers A Temporary Problem (20 July 2006)
• Gladiolus for Summer Flowers (6 July 2006)
• Spring Weather Unkind to Tomatoes (15 June 2006)
• Foliage That Can Steal The Show (1 June 2006)
• Summer's End Signals Bulb Planting Time (1 September 2005)
• Dividing Iris (18 August 2005)
• Onions Can Bring You To Tears (4 August 2005)
• Squash Blossom Drop (21 July 2005)
• Squashkins and Cucumelons? (7 July 2005)
• Plant Galls Not Always Harmful (16 June 2005)
• Pinch Your Mums (2 June 2005)
• Fall Comes Early This Year (2 September 2004)
• Feed Garden Soil With Cover Crops (18 August 2004)
• Pawpaw: The Midwestern Banana? (5 August 2004)
• Just Have to Transplant in Summer? (15 July 2004)
• Revive Annual Flowers (1 July 2004)
• After the Flood: Garden and Landscape Plants (17 June 2004)
• Purdue Garden Day has "Rooms" To Grow (3 June 2004)
• Plant Garlic This Fall (22 August 2003)
• Garden Getaways (7 August 2003)
• Waterlogged Vegetable Gardens (17 July 2003)
• Potatoes Grow Tomatoes? (3 July 2003)
• Gardening Ideas Blossom at Purdue Garden Day (19 June 2003)
• The Good and Bad about Cool, Rainy Weather (5 June 2003)
• When Tree Roots Surface (15 August 2002)
• Hot Weather Tough on Plants and Gardeners (1 August 2002)
• Hydrangea Popular, but Challenging (18 July 2002)
• Not Too Late to Plant Your Halloween Pumpkin (3 July 2002)
• Give Asparagus and Rhubarb a Break (21 June 2002)
• Harvest Gardening Ideas at Purdue Garden Day (6 June 2002)
• Pin Oak Looking Yellow? (20 August 2001)
• Harvest Winter Squash in Summer (02 August 2001)
• It's a 'Berry' Good Time To Clean Up the Strawberry Patch (19 July 2001)
• Ornamental Grasses Add Beauty and Texture (05 July 2001)
• Color Your World with Flowers at Purdue Garden Day (21 June 2001)
• Cold Weather Affects Vegetable Plants (7 June 2001)
• Doing Battle with Weeds (17 August 2000)
• Transplanting in Summer Not the Best (10 August 2000)
• Prescription for Pooped Posies (20 July 2000)
• Purdue Garden Day 2000 (15 June 2000)
• Treated Lumber in Raised Beds (01 June 2000)
• The Fall Vegetable Garden (02 September 1999)
• Coneflowers for Late Season Color (19 August 1999)
• Dividing Perennials (05 August 1999)
• Gardeners - Start Your Sprinklers (15 July 1999)
• Gardens Galore at Purdue Garden Day (03 July 1999)
• Poison Ivy : A Variable Pest (17 June 1999)
• Propagate Trees and Shrubs from Cuttings (03 June 1999)
• Hosta Has Much To Recommend It (20 August 1998)
• In a Pinch! (6 August 1998)
• Timing is Critical to Harvest Vegetables at their Peak (16 July 1998)
• Tours at Purdue Garden Day (2 July 1998)
• Coping with Storm-damaged Trees (18 June 1998)
• Blossom-end Rot of Tomatoes is Likely This Season (4 June 1998)
• Prune, Propagate Raspberries For Tidy Garden, Better Crop (21 August 1997)
• Tomato Troubles Don't Bother Most Gardeners (7 August 1997)
• Supplement Garden With Fertilizer This Summer (17 July 1997)
• Time to Renovate the Strawberry Patch (03 July 1997)
• Brush Up on Gardening Skills at Purdue Garden Day! (19 June 1997)
• Remove faded flowers? Yes and no! (5 June 1997)
• Layering Gives Old Plants New Life (15 August 1996)
• Some Tree Roots Surface on Lawns (01 August 1996)
• Daylily Has Humble Beginnings (18 July 1996)
• Clematis is a Popular Garden Climber (04 July 1996)
• How Plants Are Named (20 June 1996)
• Sharpen Your Gardening Skills at Purdue Garden Day! (06 June 1996)
• Edible Flowers (15 June 1995)
• Fruit Drop (1 June 1995)
• Bring in Flowers for Drying (17 August 1995)
• Hot Weather (20 July 1995)

Last updated: 16 June 2011
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