Gardening Tips

"My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view." — H. Fred Ale 

Information to help landscapes in times of drought

• Landscape Water Conservation Basics
• Water-​​Wise Trees and Shrubs for the High Plains
• Turf in Times of Drought
• Visit the Xeriscape plantings at the Gardens

Basic Garden Tips

• Aspen Substitutes
• City of Cheyenne Compost Facility
• Composting Companion
• Conifers for the High Plains
• Cottonwoods Choosing and Facts
• Dogs and Turf
• Frost At The End Of The Season? What To Do
• Fruits For The High Plains
• Ground Covers For The High Plains
• Hardy Roses For The High Plains
• Hail – Strategies For Before and After Severe Storm Damage
• Iron Deficiency – Why Are My Leaves Yellow?
• Mulching To Save Water, Reduce Weeds And More
• Ornamental Grasses Of The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens
• Pear Slug – Late Summer Pest
• Perennials For The High Plains
• Pumpkins At The End Of Summer
• Quack Grass – Getting Rid Of This Perennial Weedy Grass
• Salt Damage On Plants
• Schedule For Planting Your Vegetable Garden in Cheyenne
• Shade – What To Grow In The Shade
• Trees, Shrubs and Wildflowers
• Wide Bed Gardening – Saves Time, Easier On Your Back, Higher Yields!

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Tips From Past Newsletters

• Shelterbelts for slowing the wind
• New USDA Plant Zone Map Released
• Hanging houseplant for low light areas
• Wild way to view wind in the US
• Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive
• April Gardening Q & A
• You could be eating home grown salad by now
• Plant Select ® announces new hardy plants
• Houseplants communicate with Wifi
• Lawns for shade
• Carrots need room
• Don’t ignore houseplants changing summer needs
• A solution for slugs
• “Cheyenne Spirit” name of award-​​winning flower
• Cut Flowers From the Garden
• Picking ripe canteloupes
• Waterspouts need pruning
• What is that moth that flies like a hummingbird?
• Cut your own flowers and then arrange like a pro
• Plant an impenetrable spruce hedge
• Grow Tomatillos
• High Plains Grape Research
• Frost Action Plan
• End of growing season chores
• Great weather web site
• Grocery Houseplant
• Christmas cactus care
• Mistletoe
• Winter garden reading
• Red twig dogwood– winter color
• Great seed starting guide
• Growing Basil
• Kitchen gardening
• Poll on Spring Bulbs — vote on when you think the first bulbs will be blooming in 2013
• Talk like a horticulturist
• Grow your own hops
• Artichokes
• Hybrid and GMO the same?
• Storing summer bulbs?
• Wyoming’s first vegetable garden
• White dust on pots?
• Say goodbye to grey concrete
• Snowdrops blooming in Cheyenne
• Time to start seedlings
• March chore: cut back ornamental grasses
• Drought likely to persist
• Break out the tools for spring
• Vegetable garden schedule
• Never add lime to soil
• Scheduling the garden based on nature
• Alfalfa as fertilizer
• Great Shrub for High Plains
• Save money, plant flower seed instead of plants