Landscape Plants
- Acreage Life | March 23, 2020
- Hort Update for February 18, 2020
- Acreage Life | February 12, 2020
- Acreage Life | January 16, 2020
- Acreage Life | December 26, 2019
- Acreage Life | November 13, 2019
- Hort Update for October 15, 2019
- Hort Update for September 17, 2019
- Hort Update for August 19, 2019
- Acreage Life | August 2, 2019
- Hort Update for July 15, 2019
- Acreage Life | April 10, 2019
- Acreage Life | March 27, 2019
- Acreage Life | March 13, 2019
- Acreage Life | February 13, 2019
- Acreage Life | January 7, 2019
- Acreage Life | December 11, 2018
- Acreage Life | November 19, 2018
- Plant of the Month - Switchgrass
- Early Fall in the Landscape
- Plant of the Month - Daylily
- Tips for Attracting Butterflies
- From Sun to Shade - And Back Again
- Hort Update for July 20, 2018
- Summer Care of Iris – Division & Borer Control
- Plant of the Month - Honeylocust
- Fragrance - Remembrance of Plants Past
- Garden Weavers for Living Mulch
- Japanese Beetles - What Do I Do Now That My Plants Looks Like Swiss Cheese?
- Dogwoods
- Curbside Plantings
- Funds Available for Community Landscape Improvements
- Plant of the Month - Linden
- Squash Bugs & Squash Vine Borer
- A Pinch is Good for Your Plants
- Plant of the Month - Wayfaring Tree Viburnum
- Hort Update for April 18, 2018
- Plant of the Month - Redbud
- Arbor Day - Plant More Than Beauty
- Benefits of Mulch
- Plant of the Month-Blackhaw Viburnum
- Bring on Spring! Early Spring Landscape Performers.
- Recycled Containers for Seed Starting
- Fast Forward to Spring
- Control Black Knot Through Pruning
- Plant of the Month - Redosier Dogwood
- 2018 Color of the Year – Ultra Violet
- Plant of the Month - Sycamore
- Plant of the Month - Black Hills Spruce
- Winter Drought - Prevent "Invisible" Plant Damage
- Ornamental Grasses Shine All Year
- Plant of the Month - Black Walnut
- Improving Winter Survival of Fall-planted Trees, Shrubs and Perennials
- Pumpkin-on-a-Stick Anyone?
- Protect Roses for the Winter
- Garden To Do's - Prepare Your Lawn and Garden for Winter
- Plant of the Month - Persimmon
- A Tale of Two Trees
- Fall Asters are Worth the Wait
- Fall Color on the Plains
- Siting a Tree
- Beneficial Landscapes - Don't Blame Goldenrod
- Beneficial Landscapes - Flowers vs. Foliage
- Water Trees in Late Summer and Early Fall
- Plant of the Month - Plumbago
- Hort Update for Aug 21, 2017
- Growing Groundcovers
- Prairie Plants Used on the Plains
- Appreciating Weeds
- IPM: An Ounce of Pest Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure
- Plant of the Month - Rose of Sharon
- Hort Update for August 4, 2017
- Natural Playgrounds
- Plant of the Month - Baptisia
- Hort Update for June 21, 2017
- Understanding Emerald Ash Borer Treatments
- Leave Foliage on Spring Flowering Bulbs
- Plant of the Month - Russian Sage
- Daylily Aphids Appearing Earlier This Year
- Prairie in the City
- Roundup for Lawns - Familiar Herbicide Name, But New Product is Entirely Different
- Arbor Day - 2017
- Plant of the Month - Japanese Tree Lilac
- The Dogtooth Violet
- Planting for Early Pollinators
- Made for the Shade
- Spring Apple Disease Control - Apple Scab & Cedar-apple Rust
- Fabricating a Patio Container
- Plant It Forward
- Pruning Young Trees
- Pest of the Month - Lilac/ash Borer
- Plant of the Month - Bearded Iris
- Plant of the Month - Koreanspice Viburnum
- Early Spring Pest Control for Evergreen Trees - Zimmerman pine moth, Diplodia tip blight & Dothistroma needle blight
- Leaf Rusts
- Choosing Turf Species
- Promise in a Bud
- Multi-use "Swiss Army" Landscapes
- Trees & Ice Storms - Managing Damage
- Plan Then Plant
- Choosing an Arborist
- Creeping Juniper
- Four Tools for Gardeners
- 2017 All-America & Perennial Plant of the Year
- Winter Landscapes
- Winterberry
- Chokeberry
- Hedge Apple
- Home Landscapes Play Important Role
- Planting for Fall Color
- Too Mulch of a Good Thing
- Burning Bush
- Virginia Bluebells
- Gaillardia
- Big Bluestem
- Hackberry
- Dallas Blues Switchgrass
- Boltonia
- Ash Trees
- Fremont's Primrose
- New Jersey Tea
- American Hornbeam
- Ponderosa Pines
- Ponderosa Pines
- Ponderosa Pine
- Lacebark Pine
- Sea Green Juniper
- Kentucky Coffeetree
- Coralberry and Snowberry
- Goldenrod
- Chrysanthemum
- Environmentally Adapted Trees
- Common Milkweed
- Siberian Squill
- Lenten Rose
- Lenten Rose
- Harry Lauder Walking Stick
- Concolor Fir
- Taylor Juniper
- Swamp White Oak
- Serviceberry
- River Birch
- Bald Cypress
- Catalpa Tree
- Pasque Flower
- Lily-of-the-Valley
- Forsythia
- Redosier Dogwood
- Colorado Blue Spruce
- Northern Sea Oats
- Bur Oak
- Prairie Gentian
- Surprise Lily
- Tree Defoliators
- Purple Coneflower
- Butterfly Bush
- Chicory
- Lilac
- Virginia Bluebells
- Crocus
- Native Bees
- Common Snowdrop
- Yew
- Red Maple
- Sumac
- Praying Mantids Are Beneficial Insects
- Recycle Tree Leaves for Healthy Lawns, Gardens & Water
- Indiangrass
- August Landscape Notes
- Keeping your Landscape Healthy During Drought
- White Grub Control in the Home Lawn
- Gayfeather
- Lupine
- Peony
- Shagbark Hickory
- Magnolia
- Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
- Holly
- Planning Ahead....Yet Another Use for "Spent" Christmas Trees
- White Pine
- Prepare Tools for Use Next Spring
- Trees from Seeds are an Option
- Illinois Bundleflower
- Build a Compost Pile
- Divide your perennials
- Fall is for Planting
- Sideoats Gramma
- Elderberries
- Lace Bug Damage
- Growing Grass in the Shade
- Gaillardia
- Penstemon Grandiflorus
- Plains Wild Indigo
- Eastern Redbud
- Norway Spruce
- Fall Gardening
- Spring Tree Planting
- Ensure Good Survival in New Conservation Tree Plantings
- Pruning Primer for Small Trees and Shrubs
- Strategies to Maximize Your Landscape Dollar
Plant Diseases
- Hort Update for March 17, 2020
- Hort Update for October 15, 2019
- Hort Update for September 17, 2019
- Hort Update for June 14, 2019
- Hort Update for May 17, 2019
- Hort Update for September 17, 2018
- Hort Update for August 15, 2018
- Hort Update for June 22, 2018
- Control Black Knot Through Pruning
- Protect Yourself When Using Pesticides - Gloves May Help Prevent Parkinson's
- Early Spring Pest Control for Evergreen Trees - Zimmerman pine moth, Diplodia tip blight & Dothistroma needle blight
- Leaf Rusts
- Diplodia Tip Blight of Pine
- Controlling Tomato Leaf Spot Diseases
- Identifying Blossom End Rot
- Pine Wilt
Weeds
- Hort Update for March 17, 2020
- Hort Update for September 17, 2019
- Hort Update for April 25, 2019
- Hort Update for September 17, 2018
- Hort Update for August 15, 2018
- Mid-summer Weed Control Tips
- The Value of Nebraska's Native Thistles
- Henbit - An Early Spring Bloomer
- Winter Is The Best Time To Spot Phragmites
- Fall is a Good Time to Control Problem Weeds
- Appreciating Weeds
- Battling Yellow Nutsedge
- 10 Tactics to Beat Back Weeds
- Roundup for Lawns - Familiar Herbicide Name, But New Product is Entirely Different
- Protect Yourself When Using Pesticides - Gloves May Help Prevent Parkinson's
- Weed 'em & Eat 'em
- Nebraska Noxious Weeds
- Control Noxious Weeds in Spring
- Chickweed
- Common Mullein
- Wild Four O'Clock
- Motherwort
- Poison Hemlock
- Yellow Goatsbeard
- White Snakeroot
- Field Bindweed
- Garlic Mustard
- Greenbrier
- Oriental Bittersweet
- Tree-of-Heaven
- Yellow Woodsorrel
- Stinging Nettle
- Prostrate Spurge
- Purslane
- Mock Strawberry
- Dandelion
- Shepherdspurse
- Annual Bluegrass
- Veronica Species
- Blackseed Plantain
- Poison Ivy
- Cutleaf Teasel
- Honeyvine Milkweed
- Weeds Taking Root Beyond the Backyard
- Common Ragweed
- Fall Treatment of Phragmites
- Controlling Weedy Vines in Acreage Trees
- Purple Loosestrife
- Pokeweed
- Yellow Nutsedge
- Curly Dock
- Bedstraw
- Pre-emergence Herbicide Applications for the Home Lawn
- Pasture Weed Control in Summer
Insects
- Hort Update for February 18, 2020
- Hort Update for September 17, 2019
- Hort Update for June 14, 2019
- Hort Update for May 17, 2019
- Acreage Life | February 13, 2019
- Acreage Life | October 26, 2018
- Hort Update for September 17, 2018
- Pest of the Month - Spider Mites
- Seed A Legacy - Pollinator Habitat Program
- Hort Update for August 15, 2018
- Pest of the Month - Get to Know: Cicada Killer
- Tips for Attracting Butterflies
- Solitary Wasps
- Pest of the Month - Japanese Beetle
- Pest of the Month - Carpenter Ants
- Summertime Pests - Ticks, White Grubs & Bagworms
- Squash Bugs & Squash Vine Borer
- Pest of the Month - Pillbugs
- Springtime Ants
- Pest of the Month - Japanese Beetle
- Arthro-Pod: Talkin' Termites with Hannah Davis
- Pest of the Month - Fleas
- Pest of the Month - House Centipedes
- Snow Fleas
- Pest of the Month - Oriental Cockroach
- Pest of the Month - Crickets
- Minute Pirate Bugs: Tiny Bugs, Big Bite
- Pest of the Month - Fall Invaders
- Seasonal Showers Fuel Fall Butterfly Bonanza
- Pest of the Month - Mimosa Webworm
- Pest of the Month - Cicada Killer
- Pest of the Month - Spider Mites
- Eliminate Standing Water to Prevent Mosquitoes
- Wait to Control White Grubs
- Be On the Lookout for Bagworms
- Pest of the Month - Squash Vine Borer
- Daylily Aphids Appearing Earlier This Year
- Pest of the Month - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
- Plant It Forward
- Pest of the Month - Carpet Beetles
- What's In Your Firewood
- Japanese Beetles
- Fungus Gnat
- Housefly
- Grasshoppers
- Tick Prevention Worth the Effort
- Common Home-invading Ants
- Geranium Budworm
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
- Emerald Ash Borer
- Yellow-Jacket Wasp
- Mosquitos and Zika
- Lilac Ash Borer
- Earthworms
- Fruit Flies
- Black Flies
- Traveling this Summer? Don't Bring Bed Bugs Home With You
- Praying Mantid
- Carpet Beetles
- Carpet Beetles
- Drain Flies & Fungus Gnats
- Springtails
- Fleas
- Spotted Wing Drosophila
- Minute Pirate Bug
- Tree Defoliators
- Antlions: Amazingly Adapted Predators
- Mosquitoes
- Wood Roach
- Roaches
- Ticks
- Native Bees
- Illusory & Delusory Parasitosis
- Christmas Tree Hitchhikers
- Hackberry Psyllids
- Praying Mantids Are Beneficial Insects
- Home Invaders
- Brown Recluse Spiders
- Fall Webworm
- White Grub Control in the Home Lawn
- Chiggers
- Late Summer Spiders
- Stable Fly
- Rural Homeowners Control Hoppers
- Dog Tick
- Why Bees?
- Clover Mites
- Carpenter Ants
- Dermestids
- Spiders in the Home
- Where Do Insects Go for Winter?
- Wolf Spiders
- Preventing Firewood Insects in Your Home
- Horse Insect Pests Part 2
- Cicada Killers & Steel-Blue Cricket Hunters
- Lace Bug Damage
- March Fly
- Gnat
- Cluster Fly
- Asian Multi-Colored Lady Beetle
- Stable Flies
- Devices to Prevent Mosquito Bites
Turf & Landscape
- Acreage Life | December 26, 2019
- Hort Update for December 17, 2019
- Acreage Life | December 4, 2019
- Acreage Life | November 13, 2019
- Hort Update for October 15, 2019
- Hort Update for August 19, 2019
- Hort Update for July 15, 2019
- Acreage Life | July 11, 2019
- Acreage Life | April 29, 2019
- Hort Update for April 25, 2019
- Acreage Life | April 10, 2019
- Hort Update for March 27, 2019
- Hort Update for February 25, 2019
- Hort Update for December 26, 2018
- Acreage Life | October 26, 2018
- Hort Update for October 12, 2018
- Hort Update for September 17, 2018
- Plant of the Month - Switchgrass
- Early Fall in the Landscape
- Plant Alfalfa in August
- Time for Fall Lawn Seeding
- Hort Update for August 15, 2018
- Plant of the Month - Daylily
- Hort Update for July 20, 2018
- Plant of the Month - Honeylocust
- Hort Update for June 22, 2018
- Mid-summer Weed Control Tips
- Dogwoods
- Curbside Plantings
- Plant of the Month - Linden
- Summer Turf Fertilization
- Summertime Pests - Ticks, White Grubs & Bagworms
- Plant of the Month - Wayfaring Tree Viburnum
- Bird Feeding and Mushroom Growth in Lawns NOT Reasons to Apply Pesticides
- Benefits of Turf and Mixed Landscapes
- Plant of the Month - Redbud
- Plant of the Month-Blackhaw Viburnum
- Bring on Spring! Early Spring Landscape Performers.
- Fast Forward to Spring
- Control Black Knot Through Pruning
- Plant of the Month - Redosier Dogwood
- Plant of the Month - Sycamore
- Plant of the Month - Black Hills Spruce
- Protect Roses for the Winter
- Compost Piles and Winter
- Gardens Transformed, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum's Young Lecture November 10th
- Ornamental Grasses Shine All Year
- Edible Landscapes
- Plant of the Month - Black Walnut
- Improving Winter Survival of Fall-planted Trees, Shrubs and Perennials
- Pumpkin-on-a-Stick Anyone?
- 5 Composting Questions
- Plant of the Month - Persimmon
- Seasonal Showers Fuel Fall Butterfly Bonanza
- Why Leaves Change Color
- A Tale of Two Trees
- Siting a Tree
- Beneficial Landscapes - Don't Blame Goldenrod
- Beneficial Landscapes - Flowers vs. Foliage
- Plant of the Month - Plumbago
- Water Trees in Late Summer and Early Fall
- Growing Groundcovers
- Prairie Plants Used on the Plains
- Appreciating Weeds
- Plant of the Month - Rose of Sharon
- Battling Yellow Nutsedge
- GRO Big Red Podcast - Dealing with Storm Damage
- 10 Tactics to Beat Back Weeds
- Water Conservation in the Hot Summer Months
- Natural Playgrounds
- EAB - Planning to Replant
- Plant of the Month - Baptisia
- Wait to Control White Grubs
- Prairie in the City
- Understanding Emerald Ash Borer Treatments
- Be On the Lookout for Bagworms
- Leave Foliage on Spring Flowering Bulbs
- Plant of the Month - Russian Sage
- Daylily Aphids Appearing Earlier This Year
- Stormwater Runoff and Your Well
- Roundup for Lawns - Familiar Herbicide Name, But New Product is Entirely Different
- Arbor Day - 2017
- Plant of the Month - Japanese Tree Lilac
- The Dogtooth Violet
- Is a Lawn Care Service Right for You?
- Lake Friendly Lawn Care
- Plant It Forward
- Pruning Young Trees
- Plant of the Month - Bearded Iris
- Plant of the Month - Koreanspice Viburnum
- Early Spring Pest Control for Evergreen Trees - Zimmerman pine moth, Diplodia tip blight & Dothistroma needle blight
- Choosing Turf Species
- Promise in a Bud
- On the Fence - Introducing John Wilson
- Trees & Ice Storms - Managing Damage
- Ginkgo
- Four Tools for Gardeners
- 2017 All-America & Perennial Plant of the Year
- Grasshoppers
- Home Landscapes Play Important Role
- September Turf Care
- Planting for Fall Color
- Burning Bush
- American Hornbeam
- Environmentally Adapted Trees
- Sustainable Landscapes
- Harry Lauder Walking Stick
- Bald Cypress
- Tree Defoliators
- Native Bees
- Recycle Tree Leaves for Healthy Lawns, Gardens & Water
- August Landscape Notes
- Fall Webworm
- Keeping your Landscape Healthy During Drought
- White Grub Control in the Home Lawn
- Planning Ahead....Yet Another Use for "Spent" Christmas Trees
- Trees from Seeds are an Option
- Winterizer Lawn Fertilizer
- Build a Compost Pile
- Divide your perennials
- Fall is for Planting
- Choose Your Level of Maintenance
- Take a Stroll in the Pasture
- Are you Mowing or Scalping Your Turf?
- Growing Grass in the Shade
- Pasture Management for Animals Benefit
- Feeding New Hay
- Pasture Weed Control in Summer
- Calibrating Hand-Held Sprayers
- Spring Tree Planting
- Ensure Good Survival in New Conservation Tree Plantings
- Pasture Management
- Pruning Primer for Small Trees and Shrubs
- Benefits of Legumes
- Tall Fescue for Horses
Wildlife
- Hort Update for December 17, 2019
- Acreage Life | December 4, 2019
- Red Fox
- Seed A Legacy - Pollinator Habitat Program
- Bullfrogs - Nebraska's Largest Frog
- Nebraska Wildlife - Grasshopper Sparrow
- Unwelcome Visitors to Your Acreage
- Cottontail Rabbit - Minimizing Damage
- Least Weasel
- Prairie Pines - From Nebraska's First Christmas Tree Farm to a Place of Refuge
- Control Tree Squirrel Damage
- Fox Squirrel
- What Happened to My Chicken?
- Watching... and COUNTING... Birds!
- Reducing Wildlife Damage
- Wildlife Habitat Design
- Blue-Winged Teal
- Opossum
- Great Horned Owl
- Robins
- Garter Snakes
- Shrew
- Vole
- Bats
- Coopers Hawk
- Barn Swallows
- Blue Jay
- Hummingbird
- Porcupine
- American Mourning Dove
- Wild Turkey
- Bluebird
- Boreal Chorus Frog
- Cedar Waxwing
- Northern Cardinal
- Dark-Eyed Junco
- Research on Controlling Woodpecker Damage to Homes
- Turkey Vulture
- Woodhouse Toad
- Snapping Turtle
- Snowy Owl
- Cleaning up After Rodents
- Mouse Trapping 101
- Woodpecker
- It's September, Time to Prepare for Mice
- Bullsnake
- White-Tailed Deer
- Groundhog or Woodchucks
- Refresher on Rabies Safety
- Bluebirds Depend on Humans to Provide Habitat and Nesting Sites
Acreage Management
- Acreage Life | April 29, 2019
- Acreage Life | April 10, 2019
- Acreage Life | March 27, 2019
- Acreage Life | March 13, 2019
- Acreage Life | February 13, 2019
- Acreage Life | January 7, 2019
- Acreage Life | December 11, 2018
- Seed A Legacy - Pollinator Habitat Program
- Plant Alfalfa in August
- On the Fence - August 2018
- On the Fence - July 2018
- Unwelcome Visitors to Your Acreage
- On the Fence - June 2018
- On the Fence - May 2018
- Livestock Production Near Acreages
- On the Fence - April 2018
- On the Fence - March 2018
- On the Fence - February 2018
- Fencing For Livestock
- On the Fence - January 2018
- Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District (NRD) Groundwater Management Plan - Public Meetings for Well Owners
- On the Fence - December 2017
- Beautiful Barriers: Creating a Living Snowfence
- Prairie Pines - From Nebraska's First Christmas Tree Farm to a Place of Refuge
- Control Tree Squirrel Damage
- Dangers of Acreage Noise
- 5 Composting Questions
- On the Fence - November 2017
- Floodwater and Stormwaters Can Contaminate Water Wells
- On the Fence - October 2017
- Power Line Alert
- Timber Talk - September 2017
- ATV Aware - An ATV Safety Program
- On the Fence - September 2017
- On the Fence - August 2017
- On the Fence - July 2017
- On the Fence - June 2017
- Rural Property Owners Required to Keep Trees Out of Division Fences
- Is a Lawn Care Service Right for You?
- Spring Pasture Management
- On the Fence - May 2017
- On the Fence - March 2017
- On the Fence - Introducing John Wilson
- Windbreak Renovation Workshops
- What's In Your Firewood
- Trees & Ice Storms - Managing Damage
- Choosing an Arborist
- Building Plans
- Talking Over the Fence Sept. 2016
- Home Landscapes Play Important Role
- Hay Hotline
- Sustainable Landscapes
- Recycle Tree Leaves for Healthy Lawns, Gardens & Water
- Keeping your Landscape Healthy During Drought
- Fencing Material Costs
- Carpenter Ants
- Planning Ahead....Yet Another Use for "Spent" Christmas Trees
- Emergency Kit for Winter Driving
- Prepare Tools for Use Next Spring
- Preparing for Winter Storm Emergencies
- Conservation Buffers
- Be In Tune To Points Of Hidden Hazards
- It's September, Time to Prepare for Mice
- Fall is for Planting
- Take a Stroll in the Pasture
- Acreage Design Starts with a Good Plan
- Be Safe When Cleaning Up Storm-Damaged Homes, Businesses
- Inspecting Homes for Structural Damage
- Growing Grass in the Shade
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
- Pasture Management for Animals Benefit
- Prepare Fireplaces and Firewood For Safe Use This Winter
- Get the Most Value from Your Firewood Choices
- Time to Check Those Rental Agreements
- Windbreak Design & Management
- Renovating Your Windbreak & Purchasing Tree Seedlings
- Pasture Weed Control in Summer
- Snow Removal Tips
- Blade? Loader? Blower? What's the Best Option for Snow Removal
- Plan Ahead To Prevent And Combat Rural House Fires
- Ensure Good Survival in New Conservation Tree Plantings
- Quick Facts About Wind Energy
- Quick Facts About Solar Energy
- Pasture Management
- Tall Fescue for Horses
UNL Publications
Resources
- Abiotic Problems of Trees
- Bark Beetles of Pine
- Chlorosis of Trees in Eastern Nebraska
- Chlorosis of Trees in Western Nebraska
- Diseases of Broadleaf Trees
- Diseases of Evergreen Trees
- Emerald Ash Borer
- Insects of Broadleaf Trees
- Insects of Evergreen Trees
- Pine Wilt
- Bagworms, Webworms & Tent Caterpillars
- UNL Turf iNfo
Plant of the Month
- Korean Spice Viburnum, 3/17
- Creeping Juniper, 1/17
- Winterberry, 12/16
- Chokeberry, 11/16
- Hedge Apple, 10/16
- Dallas Blues Switchgrass, 9/16
- Boltonia, 8/16
- Ash Trees, 7/16
- Fremont's Primrose, 6/16
- New Jersey Tea, 5/16
- American Hornbeam, 4/16
On the Fence with John Wilson
- Meet John, 2/17
- On the Fence, 3/17
- On the Fence, 4/17
- On the Fence, 5/17
- On the Fence, 6/17
- On the Fence, 7/17
- On the Fence, 8/17
- On the Fence, 9/17
- On the Fence, 10/17
- On the Fence, 11/17