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Holly: A native holiday decoration
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Native Perennials with Winter Interest
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Managing thirteen-lined ground squirrel
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Choose your garden tools to fit your needs
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False Indigo - A Native Shrub for the Home Landscape
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Knowing poisonous plants can save a life
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Native hydrangea trial evaluates pollinator value and landscape attributes
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Using Phenology for Ornamental Pest Control
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Prune properly, your forsythia and lilac shrubs will thank you
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Force flowering branches for an early spring show
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How to properly prune hydrangeas
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Trees in our communities enhance learning
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Add some color to your winter landscape by growing holly
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Selecting the Best Plant Material for Tree or Shrub Planting
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Native Shrubs for Fall
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Fall watering is important
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Northern Illinois dry conditions and why watering matters
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What's wrong with my lilac? Summer foliar diseases on lilac
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Winter bloomers add a spot of cheer
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Watering Trees and Shrubs
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Factors to consider when choosing tree species
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Everything is coming up roses
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Surveying winter damage as spring emerges
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The top four spring-flowering trees to plant
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9 native Illinois shrubs for sun and shade
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Forsythia in Spring
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Hydrangea Care
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Time to do all kinds of pruning
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Smart tips for shrub success
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How to create butterfly habitat in your garden
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Ice Accumulation on Trees and Shrubs
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How Woody Plants Grow
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Harvesting evergreens for holiday decorations
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Fall evokes the five basic senses
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Winter Protection for Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs
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Overwintering potted plants
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Fall Color and Phenology
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Burning Bush
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Poisonous Plants
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The 'Annabelle' Hydrangea
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Boxwoods
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2019 Gardening Goals
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Bird Migration and Native Shrubs
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Fall Color in Native Grasses and Their Ornamental Uses
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Elderberry
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Take your butterfly garden to the next level
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Advanced butterfly gardening
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Watering tips for hot weather
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Expected and unexpected spring pruning
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Magnolia Pollination
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What is springing up?
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Spring Pruning Can Hurt Your Tree’s Bank Account
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Urban Tree Planting
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Rapid Response to Ramorum Blight
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Illinois has an Abundance of Milkweeds
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Weeding out Invasives
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Witch Hazel
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The history of blueberries: From Native American staple to domesticated superfood
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Landscaping with Blueberries
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Bringing Spring Indoors - Forcing Branches
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Holly for the Holidays
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Why do some trees retain leaves over winter?
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Ornamental Fall Berries Provide Year-Round Awe
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News Releases
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Master Naturalist Native Tree and Shrub Sale 2022
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Some trees weather wet soils, floods better than others
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Learn how to prune your shrubs with 'cutting hedge' technology
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Fall flowering witch hazel charms home gardens
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Growing holly
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Christopher Enroth
Horticulture Educator
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