• For information on flowering shrubs, please visit the Trees & Shrubs page.
• For information on houseplants, please visit the Houseplants page.

General Flower Gardening

		Amending Soils for Perennial Beds
		Best Plants for 30 Tough Sites, The
		Butterfly Gardening
		Container Water Gardening
		Developing a Residential Prairie
		Edible Flowers
		Gardening in the Shade
		Ground Covers for Rough Sites
		Late Spring Frosts
		Modifying Soil pH
		Planting Under Trees (slide set)
		4-H Flower Arranging
		Starting Seeds Indoors

Minnesota Annuals

		Annual Flowers for Minnesota (slide set)
		Planting Annual Seeds and Transplants in the Landscape

Specific Annual Flowers

		Growing Petunias
		Outdoor-Indoor Geranium Culture
		Overwintering Fuchsias
		Saving Geraniums Over Winter
		Sunflowers
		UMN Annual & Perennial Variety Trials

Minnesota Perennials

		Perennial Flowers for Minnesota (slide set)
		Perennials for Moist Soils
		Perennials for Season-Long Bloom
		Perennials - Uncovering in Spring
		Perennials, Dividing
		Pruning Perennials

Specific Herbaceous Perennial Flowers

		Chrysanthemums
		Garden Chrysanthemums
		Growing Daylilies
		Hostas
		Iris
		Ornamental Grasses for Cold Climates
		Ornamental Grasses for Minnesota (slide set)
		Physalis
		Planting Peonies
		Tall Garden Phlox for Minnesota Gardens
		UMN Annual & Perennial Variety Trials

Roses

		Culture of Garden Roses
		Hardy Roses
		MN Tip Method of Protecting Garden Roses
		Roses - Fertilizing
		Roses - Protect for Winter
		Roses for the North: Performance of Shrub and Old Garden Roses at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Bulbs

Tender Bulbs

		Calla and Canna Lilies
		Growing and Caring for Amaryllis
		Growing Dahlias
		Growing Gladiolus
		Storing Tender Bulbs and Bulblike Structures
		Tuberous Begonias

Hardy Bulbs

		Selecting Lilies for Your Garden
		Spring Flowering Bulbs

Natives

		Collecting Wildflower and Prairie Seed
		Common Questions about Wildflowers and Native Plants
		Jack in the Pulpit
		Plants in Prairie Communities

Propagation

		Collecting Wildflower and Prairie Seed

Diseases, Insects, & Weeds

		Aster Yellows
		Azaleas and Rhododendron Root Rot
		Clematis: Stem Rot
		Daylilies: Diseases
		Geranium Rust
		Gray Mold of Bedding Plants
		Hollyhock Rust
		Iris Leaf Spot
		Liliac: Ascochyta Blight of Lilacs
		Lilac: Bacterial Blight of Lilac
		Powdery Mildew on Ornamental Plants
		Peony: Diseases
		Rose Diseases
		Rose Rust
		Southern Blight of Vegetables and Herbaceous Plants

		False Japanese Beetles
		Fourlined Plant Bug
		Fungus-Killed Flies
		Insect Pests of Roses
		Iris Borer
		Japanese Beetle Management in Minnesota
		Rose Chafers
		Slugs in the Home Garden

		Bitter Nightshade
		Controlling Quackgrass in Gardens
		Creeping Bellflower
		Dodder
		Goldenrod and Ragweed
		Horsetail
		Mexican Bamboo
		Poison Ivy & Its Control
		Purple Loosestrife
		Purslane
		Pussy Toes
		Quickweed
		Shepherd's Purse
		Thistle Control
		Wild Cucumber and Bur Cucumber

 

CULTIVAR INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH
The University of Minnesota is famous for developing and researching hardy cultivars.

		Gold Country and Mellow Moon Mums
		Minnqueen and Royal Knight Mums
		Maroon Pride and Snowsota Mums
		Rose Blush Mum
		Rosy Glow Mum
		Lemonsota, Grape Glow, and Burnt Copper Mums
		Inca and Snowscape Mums
		Centennial Sun Mum
		Peach Centerpiece, Sesquicentennial Sun Mums
		Set of 6 Color Reports on 11 U of MN Mum Cultivars
		150 Years of Hardy Plants
		150 Years of Hardy Plants (poster)
		Cultivar Trials of Bedding Plants: 1992 Edition (Cultivar Trials Series)
		Cultivar Trials of Bedding Plants: 1993 Edition (Cultivar Trials Series)
		Cultivar Trials of Bedding Plants: 1995 Edition (Cultivar Trials Series)