Join the University of Minnesota Bee Squad at Pierce Butler Meadows for a morning of fun, learning, and community connection along a bikeable garden tour of 9 locations along the Pierce Butler Route ...

Chidi Chidozie, University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteer, and his crew plant Nigerian garden favorites at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Prairies are ecosystems that grow where the climate dictates limited rainfall, hot summers and cold winters. Plants growing in prairies are typically non-woody, or herbaceous plants. Trees are rare in ...

The agricultural industry widely uses urea, a white crystalline solid containing 46 percent nitrogen, as an animal feed additive and fertilizer. Here, we’ll focus on its role as a nitrogen fertilizer.

Holiday cacti have beautiful, exotic flowers and can live a long time. Examine holiday cacti for overall health and signs of pests before bringing indoors. To produce flower buds, they require shorter ...

Brown rot is the most serious disease in plums, tart cherries and apricots in Minnesota. This disease damages shoots, twigs and fruit. During ripening and in storage after harvest, brown rot can ...

Chives thrive in full sun and well drained soil rich in organic matter. The easiest and most successful way of growing chives is planting rooted clumps in spring, after frost danger has passed. You ...

White pine blister rust (WPBR) kills branches, tree tops and whole trees of Eastern white pine and causes leaf spots and leaf loss in currant and gooseberry plants. WPBR can be found throughout ...

Pear trees originated in central Asia. They are relatives of the apple and are propagated and managed in a very similar way. But pears are in some ways easier to grow than apples. Apples can be ...

Cherry leaf spot can be a devastating disease for tart cherries. Leaf spot can be severe in one area and absent a few miles away. Leaf spots are first purple but eventually turn brown. The center of ...

The soybean is a dicotyledonous plant, meaning that it has two embryonic leaves, or cotyledons. Soybean plants exhibits epigeal emergence, as the cotyledons emerge above the soil surface. During ...

Plum pocket or bladder plum is an unusual disease that causes unripe plums to grow abnormally large within a month or two after bloom. Plum pocket is caused by the fungus Taphrina communis. Manage ...