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Perennial chrysanthemums add color to your garden through the fall until the snow flies.
Discover the blooms that keep pollinators thriving right up to frost.
Late summer always brings a bit of a balancing act, enjoying peak color while keeping pests from gaining ground.
Time to harvest fruit and nuts, check lilacs for fungal diseases, plant perennials, and start prepping houseplants to return indoors.
Warm days, humid nights, and crowded plantings create the perfect environment for fungal diseases. While they rarely wipe out a garden, they can weaken plants and reduce harvests.
Wildlife is part of gardening life, and so is the ritual of trying to outsmart them. Some tactics work. Some don’t.
Japanese beetles are on the move. Check trees for flood stress, thin overcrowded plants, harvest garlic, and don't mow when the heat is high.
Recognize heat stress early and respond quickly to help your garden through the toughest stretches of summer.
Chidi Chidozie, University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteer, and his crew plant Nigerian garden favorites at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
This University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener Volunteer in Hennepin County and graduate of the University of Minnesota Duluth (2012) highlights the opportunities and people that nourished his journey to a career with plants.
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