Midwest Regional Reports
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Midwest Regional ReportsPlants With Colorful Winter Fruit for the Midwest
As Midwest gardeners look out onto our winter landscapes, thoughts of spring are constantly running through our heads. Splashes of color in winter gardens help keep us going until spring…
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Midwest Regional ReportsNorthern Plains: January Garden To-Do List
Enjoy the winter landscape. Need to stretch your legs and get some fresh air? Get outside and enjoy your landscape in winter. The amazing details you will notice in winter…
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Midwest Regional ReportsMidwest: January Garden To-Do List
Take care of the birds. Bird watching from the comfort of your home brightens many a winter day. It's OK to place feeders close to the house, but avoid placing…
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Midwest Regional ReportsPlants That Peak in Winter in the Midwest
Richie Steffen, executive director of the Elisabeth C. Miller Garden in Seattle and a leading expert on plants, discusses the often-undervalued appeal of winter gardens: “What many see as a…
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Midwest Regional ReportsUnderappreciated Trees for the Northern Plains
If your garden needs a new small tree, you should look beyond the usual candidates and add something different that will diversify your landscape. Here are some of the most…
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Midwest Regional ReportsBlue Conifers for the Midwest
As our Midwest gardens transition to those long winter months, we start to focus on any remaining elements that offer color and texture. Ornamental bark, colorful stems, showy fruits, and…
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Midwest Regional ReportsBig Bluestems for Big Fall Color in the Midwest
With the widest distribution of all native prairie grasses (native to most of North America, including the Midwest), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii, Zones 3–9) continues not only to maintain its…
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Midwest Regional ReportsPlant in Fall for Spring Color in the Northern Plains, Part II: Trees and Shrubs
When designing for spring color, one should look past the typical displays of flowering bulbs and think of what can be offered by our early-blooming shrubs and trees. When combined…
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Midwest Regional ReportsNorthern Plains November Garden To-Do List
Save some seeds. Before cutting down plant material, go through your garden and collect any seeds that you may want to save to start new plants. By now, nature has…
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Midwest Regional ReportsMidwest November Garden To-Do List
Don’t clean up too much of the garden. A traditional approach to cleaning up autumn gardens includes raking leaves, cutting back perennials, removing annuals, and collecting debris. While this approach…
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