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Fall Master Gardener Class: Annuals & Perennials

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Tue, 09/29/2020 - 12:00

Anywhere with Internet Access

Blog Posts (35)

Sedum is a reliable fall food source for foraging butterflies

butterflies on sedum by Candace Hart

Daylilies

Buttonbush

The 'Annabelle' Hydrangea

Daffodils

Charles Darwin and Orchids

Houseplants and Indoor Air Quality

Climate Change and USDA Plant Hardiness Zones Part Three

Holiday Cacti

Fall Color in Native Grasses and Their Ornamental Uses

The Monarch Butterfly

Dividing Perennials in Spring

Snow Crocus

Orchids

2018 Gardening Goals

Fall Garden Cleanup and Wildlife

Idea Garden Tropicals on the Move

Mums

A different fall-blooming beauty

aster, purple with yellow centers. credit: pixabay.

French intensive gardens root well in Central Illinois

full season french intensive garden

How plants and pests begin preparing for fall

Divide and Conquer in Fall

brilliant red-orange oriental poppy pixabay

Pollinator Pockets

Submit your application today so you can proudly post a Pollinator Pockets sign in your garden.

Hostas

Hand pollination of last year’s hosta flowers produced the seeds used to grow this tray of hosta seedlings. However, it will take a few more years for these plants to mature and truly express the traits gained from hybridization. Photo credit: Barb and Rick Schroeder

Advanced butterfly gardening

silvery checkerspot by kathy dumler

Favorite Perennials For the Sun

plox from pixabay

Plant Phenology for Identification

The tufted seedheads of reed canary grass are easily noticed this time of year.

Top 5 early summer topics for gardeners

Landscaping with Native Grasses

These young prairie dropseed plants will mature into a nice sidewalk border of thin, feathery vegetation.

Virginia Bluebells

Bluebells are a beautiful native wildflower that adds a splash of blueish-purple to both woodlands and landscape gardens in spring.

What is springing up?

Designing Around Specific Colors and Plants

nodding onion

Illinois has an Abundance of Milkweeds

Butterfly milkweed is the only Illinois milkweed with orange flowers, which provide a showy display each summer, often blooming a second time around early

The 2020 Perennial Plant of the Year with Martha Smith

Aralia cordata 'Sun King' Photo credit Janet Draper

How to Achieve Asparagus's Perpetual Harvest

male asparagus ferns on left, female asparagus ferns with seed on the right

News Releases (3)

Fall garden cleanup lays groundwork for a successful spring

Select and plant spring-flowering bulbs now

Plant native perennials in the fall for healthy spring growth

Staff (1)

Sarah Vogel staff photo

Sarah Vogel

Extension Educator, Horticulture and Natural Resources