Keep these handy guides ready when problems emerge.

Get your guide to solving plant problems! Download any of these print friendly infosheets 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. 
 

Pests and Diseases

• Reports on Plant Disease
• Pantry Pests
• Boxwood Blight 
• Emerging Diseases in Illinois 
• Laurel Wilt on Sassafras 
• Downy Mildew of Grape
• Plant Growth Regulator Herbicide Injury 
• Poison Hemlock English | Spanish
• Wild Parsnip
• Invasive species 
  • Jumping worms English | Spanish
  • Spotted Lanternfly: English | Spanish
  • Chaff flower English | Spanish
  • Garlic Mustard: Homeowners, Land managers.

House Plants

• Air Plants 
• Poinsettia Care Guide
• How to Grown an Amaryllis Bulb Kit
• Troubleshooting Houseplants 
• Kokedama Moss Balls
• Micropropagation at Home
• Plants and Pet Safety

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

• When to Plant in Illinois English | Spanish
• Garden Tool Maintenance 
• Fall Garden Checklist English | Spanish
• How to Grow Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs in Container Gardens
• Raised Bed Gardening
• Soil Health
  • When and How to Take a Soil Test English | Spanish
  • Composting 101 English | Spanish
  • Compost Usage English | Spanish
  • Indoor Worm Composting
  • Winter Composting English | Spanish
  • Cover Crops in the Home Garden
• Seeds
  • How to Save Seeds
  • Seed Viability and Germination
  • Pelleted Seed
• Pests and diseases
  • Cucurbit Pests
  • Blossom End Rot 
• Herbs
  • Growing Parsley
  • Planting and Growing Garlic 
• Vegetables 
  • Cool Season Vegetables
  • How to Grow a Salsa Garden
• Harvesting
  • Harvest and Store Garden Vegetables
  • Donate Homegrown Produce to Food Pantries
     

Landscaping: Flowers, Grasses & Ornamentals

• How to Select a Garden or Landscape Mulch
• Floriography - the meaning of flowers
• How to Create a Sensory Garden
• Dividing Perennials 
• Planting a Cut Flower Garden 
• Pruning Hydrangeas 
• Rose Rosette Virus 
• Verticillium Wilt on Woody Ornamentals
• Bulbs
  • Growing Bulbs True False
  • Selecting and Planting Spring Bulbs
     

Native Plants

• Illinois Native Plants
• Native Prairie Grasses
• Native Spring Ephemerals
• Wet Woodland Garden
• Woodland Garden
• Dry Woodland Garden
• Woodland Border Garden
• Full Sun Rain Garden
   

Pollinators

• Help Save Our Pollinators
• Building a Floral Highway  
• Pollinator gardens
  • Eliminating Existing Vegetation
  • Full Sun Pollinator Garden 
  • Illinois Pollinator Plants for the Garden
  • Mesic Pollinator Garden: Sun
  • Mesic Pollinator Garden: Shade
  • Pollinator Garden Tips
  • Pollinator Pockets
  • Spring Bloomers for Bees
• Pollinators
  • Top 10 Beneficial Insects in the Garden
  • Illinois Bees
  • Swallowtail Butterflies 
     

Trees

• Tree Care Basics
  • Tree Maintenance Schedule
  • Proper Mulching Techniques
  • Care of Newly Planted Trees
  • Dormant Season Tree and Shrub Pruning
• Cork Trees
• How to Hire a Tree Care Professional 
• Tree and Shrub Planting Guide  
• How to Identify Black Gum and Persimmon Trees
• Living Christmas Tree Guide 
• Top 10 Illinois Tree Pests 
• Tree selection
  • Small to Medium Ornamental Trees for Illinois
  • Selecting Trees to Plant in Illinois
  • Trees for Windbreaks 
• Plant Clinic reports
  • Oak Problems
  • Deciduous Disease in Illinois
  • Conifer Disease in Illinois
  • Spruce Problems