With 100 temps still pounding down on us, it’s cooling to think about a colorful early spring, and even before that, the crisp days of fall when you’ll want to get out and plant those spring-flowering bulbs for next year. To get you in the mood, be sure to check out the new “Midwest Mix” of daffodils available to order
» Read moreSaturday, September 24th Missouri Botanical Garden By Jean Ponzi Green Resources Manager Earthways Center at Missouri Botanical Garden Celebrate sustainable living and explore ways to maintain your personal health – and a healthy planet. This festival is packed with useful resources and family fun! Bring your home improvement ideas and talk with over 100 green product and service exhibitors. Talk
» Read moreby Ginny Burkhart, University of Illinois Master Gardener Intern, 2011 Zucchini is my children’s favorite vegetable, and if it grows in abundance in my summer garden, they will eat it every day! This season, I harvested only a few zucchini before my plants were destroyed by the squash vine borer (Melittia Cucurbitae). I decided to research this bug and wanted
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By Julie Evans Straatmann (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener August 2006 issue) This time of year, most of our gardens are showing the effects of a hot dry summer. No matter how much watering we do, Mother Nature does it best. Many perennials benefit by having a good hair cut to freshen up their appearance. Coreopsis
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By Steffie Littlefield (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener August 2007 issue) Customers and clients often ask, “what’s hot this season?” Well, in St. Louis in August, the weather is what’s HOT!!! So the biggest task during these months is to keep your new plants alive through the “Dog Days of Summer.” If you already know I’m
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by Patrick Geraty (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener October 2010 issue) Want the secret to a lush spring lawn? It’s autumn top dressing! Fall might mean your harvest is slowing down, but it is prime time for lawn and garden care that reaps bountiful benefits next planting season. Top dressing with a nutritious diet of compost
» Read moreBy Joe Summers (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener July 2006 issue) The hot days of summer hit and we gardeners must take it easy with an ice cold drink and enjoy all the cool plants that we have chosen for our landscape. The water garden is a nice retreat from the heat, anyway, but when we
» Read moreWe took part in the Missouri Landscape and Nursery Association Summer Field Day, co-hosted by the Landscape and Nursery Association of Greater St. Louis Thursday, July 14th at Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit, Missouri. A number of green-industry vendors were on hand to share knowledge about their products, and guests were treated to tours of the Whitmire Wildflower Garden
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By Chris Kelley Photos courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener July 2006 issue.) One day, while casually walking through my greenhouse, my addiction to tropicals became clear. Who wouldn’t love and covet the amazing variegated and colorfully patterned leaves that occur so often in this heat-loving genera? I think I can trace
» Read moreIn my 2nd annual foray into the garden in search of flowers and plants that resemble fireworks, I came up with a wide range of “explosive” subjects. Some require a little more imagination than others. If you’re looking for pyrotechnics in your garden, think umbels and spikes! Happy 4th of July from The Gateway Gardener! Click on any photo to
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