Plant Guides
Keep these handy guides ready when problems emerge.
Get your guide to solving plant problems! Download any of these print-friendly info sheets for a quick and easy guide that can help you navigate a variety of issues from selecting and planting trees to pests in the garden.
Diseases and Pests
- Boxwood Blight
- Downy Mildew of Grape
- Emerging Diseases in Illinois
- Invasive species
- Jumping worms English | Spanish
- Spotted Lanternfly: English | Spanish
- Chaff flower English | Spanish
- Garlic Mustard: Homeowners, Land managers
- Laurel Wilt on Sassafras
- Pantry Pests
- Plant Growth Regulator Herbicide Injury
- Poison Hemlock English | Spanish
- Reports on Plant Disease
- Wild Parsnip
Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
- Cover Crops in the Home Garden
- Fall Garden Checklist English | Spanish
- Garden Tool Maintenance
- How to Grow Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs in Container Gardens
- Harvesting
- Herbs
- Pests and diseases
- Raised Bed Gardening
- Seeds
- Soil Health
- Vegetables
- When to Plant in Illinois English | Spanish
Landscaping: Flowers, Grasses & Ornamentals
Pollinators
- Building a Floral Highway
- Help Save Our Pollinators
- Pollinator gardens
- Pollinators
Trees
- Cork Trees
- Tree Care Basics
- How to Hire a Tree Care Professional
- How to Identify Black Gum and Persimmon Trees
- Living Christmas Tree Guide
- Top 10 Illinois Tree Pests
- Tree and Shrub Planting Guide
- Tree Selection
- Plant Clinic reports