Do you want a lush green “lawn” under that black walnut tree where turf will not grow? How about good-looking vegetation to soak up run-off rainwater from the low spot that perpetually floods? Then a sedge is the right choice for you.

Blazingstars, the namesakes of the celestial occurrence, blaze unforgettably in the landscape. This large group of native plants, also known as gayfeather or by its anglicized genus name, liatris, are found throughout North America. s

So how do you decide when to pick your apples? One would think it would therefore be easy to tell when they are ripe, unfortunately this is not the case. In Wisconsin apples ripen from August to October. A complicating factor is the difference between maturity and ripeness.

Oaks are unequivocally the most widespread hardwood, growing in essentially all 48 contiguous United States. They are prized for their beauty, shade, wildlife contributions, and economic value.

Dealing with weeds does not need to be labor intensive, expensive, nor fraught with mind-bending chemical application.

The Dodge County Master Gardeners announce their 2020 Board.

Soon we will be celebrating Independence Day. The symbolic colors of our flag speak to our better angels: red for hardiness and valor, white for purity and innocence, blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice. A patriotic plant trio, cardinal flower, American mountain mint, and great blue lobelia, has grown in North American moist meadows, along rivers, and at woodland edges for millennia.

Who can resist blossoms that are the yellow-orange hues of the rising sun? Not many of us, which accounts for the popularity of rudbeckias in gardens of all sizes and all attitudes from formal to free-wheeling.