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Champaign County Master Gardener's Plant Trial Program
Like clockwork, the Champaign County Master Gardeners (CCMG) moved hundreds of plants from the greenhouse out to the Idea Garden on University of...
Add some fireworks to your garden this Fourth of July. Pink flowers of nodding onion.
Add some fireworks to your garden this Fourth of July
The Fourth of July holiday often includes parades, barbeques, and fireworks. Fireworks often fill the night sky with their colorful, albeit fleeting...
Yellow flowers on green and purple leaves
Beyond hostas in your shade garden
Gardening in the shade can be challenging. Few plants grow their best in low light conditions, and the plants that do often lack gorgeous blooms. If...
Want continuous blooms in your yard?
How do you get a flower garden to be in bloom all summer or even longer? The simple answer is – by planning for it. Know your space Even if you do...
Pineapple sage is an interesting annual that is currently in full bloom, providing a rare splash of color late in the gardening season.
Pineapple Sage
Earlier this week, I was visiting a neighbor and noticed an eye-catching plant in rare form for this time of year.  It was filled with abundant red...
Zinnias are spectacular annuals that produce abundant blooms throughout the season.
Zinnias
Landscaping is typically designed to provide functional beauty to our yards and community spaces by brightening up the build environment with plant...
Flowering herbs provide ornamental beauty to the edge of this pollinator garden
Grow herb gardens for more than the kitchen
Herbs are a wonderful garden addition that provide easily accessible, fresh herbs for culinary use. However, I find that herbs are too often...
field of pink cosmos
Heirloom flowers provide fragrance, beauty, pollinator support
Spring brings thoughts of beautiful, colorful, fragrant blooms that brighten up our landscapes after a long winter.   But we aren't the only ones on...

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