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Mar

11

New Bee Balm for the Garden

‘Leading Lady Plum’Bee Balm typically bloom in midsummer, but ‘Leading Lady Plum’ leads the way in early summer, flowering earlier and forming a more petite clump than other Bee Balm (like ‘Pardon My Purple’). She typically blooms from early summer...
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Mar

9

Don’t prune mid-March through June

MO Tree Health News: March 9, 2016It's time to stop pruning oak trees! Remember the rule for oaks, “Don’t prune mid-March through June”. Oaks become more susceptible to oak wilt a couple weeks before budbreak occurs in the spring. Fresh wounds...
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Mar

8

Time to Plant Potatoes Approaching

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, so it is time to get seed potatoes in the ground. Actually any time from mid- to late-March is fine for potato planting. Be sure to buy seed potatoes rather than using those...
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Mar

3

Increase in the Monarch population

Fantastic news! Friday, February 26, 2016 with the 2015-16 eastern monarch population estimates were released. The news is excellent, and our thanks to each of you for your hard work that contributed to the increase in the Monarch population. We still have...
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Mar

2

Bring Spring Inside

Late winter is a great time to bring some color into your home with branches from your spring-flowering trees and shrubs. Forcing branches into bloom is easy and this is the perfect time of year to do this simple project. ...
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Mar

2

Rhubarb: The Pie Plant

Fans of the popular public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, know that when life, seemingly, cannot get any worse, “one little thing can revive a guy, and that is a piece of rhubarb pie.” Whether the latter is truth...
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Feb

29

Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass in Late Winter

Seeding of cool-season turfgrasses such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass is recommended in late August – through mid September in Missouri. This timing allows seedlings enough time to germinate and mature prior to the frigid temperatures of winter, and...
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Feb

26

Lettuce

Though lettuce is most often planted directly from seed in late March to early April, it can be started from transplants. Transplants allow lettuce to mature earlier so that it escapes the excessive heat that can lead to a strong...
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Feb

25

Blueberries in Containers

Growing blueberries in containers is becoming more popular. Chosen varieties are usually half-high plants that are a cross between highbush and lowbush blueberry species. Plants can be as small as 18 inches tall and wide (Top Hat), but typically are larger....
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Feb

12

Lawn Calendar for Cool-Season Grasses

The following suggestions are for cool-season grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue. Zoysiagrass, bermudagrass, and buffalograss are warm-season grasses and require a different maintenance regime. A warm-season grass calendar will be covered in a later newsletter. MarchSpot treat broadleaf...
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