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Tree and Shrub Selection for Home Landscapes

view   Rabbits and Trees and Shrubs
view   American Bittersweet
view   Azaleas and Rhododendrons for Minnesota
view buy Best Plants for 30 Tough Sites, The
view buy Blueberries for Home Landscapes
view   Choosing Landscape Evergreens
view   Disease-Resistant Apple Varieties
view   Dutch Elm Disease-Resistant Elm Cultivars
view   Magnolias for Minnesota
  buy Minnesota Gardening: How to Buy a Tree (VHS)
view   Mulberry
view   Native Trees for Landscape Use
view   Planting Under Existing Trees (slide set)
view buy Recommended Trees for: Northern Tallgrass Prairie
view buy Recommended Trees for: Northwest and Central Minnesota
view buy Recommended Trees for: Southeast Minnesota
view buy Recommended Trees for: Southwest Minnesota
view buy Roses for the North: Performance of Shrub and Old Garden Roses at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
view   Selecting Hardy Roses for Northern Climates
view   Small Maples for Minnesota
view buy Tough Trees and Shrubs for Tough Sites
view   Toxicity of Black Walnuts Towards Other Plants
view   Trees & Shrubs for Clay Soil
view   Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Minnesota Landscapes
view   Vines: Growing a Living Screen

Tree & Shrub Identification

view buy Beginner's Guide to Minnesota Trees, A
view   Chestnuts, Horse-chestnuts and Ohio Buckeyes
view   Common Buckthorn
view buy Identifying Maple Trees for Syrup Production
view buy Minnesota Trees
  buy Package: Minnesota Trees with Beginner's Guide to Minnesota Trees
view   Minnesota's Wild and Edible Fruits

How to Plant

view buy Planting and Transplanting Trees and Shrubs
view   Planting Bare Root, Containerized and Balled and Burlapped Trees and Shrubs
view   Planting Under Trees (slide set)
view   Trees and Turf: Are they Compatible?

Tree and Shrub Care and Maintenance

Problems (Diseases, Insects, and Other) of Trees and Shrubs

Decline & Environmental Stress

view buy A Practitioner's Guide to Stem Girdling Roots
view   How to Hire a Professional Arborist to Help Care for Your Landscape Trees
view   Fertilizing Evergreens (Conifers)
view   Harvesting Black Walnuts
view   Protecting Trees and Shrubs Against Winter Damage
view buy Protecting Trees From Construction Damage, a Homeowner's Guide
view   Protecting Existing Trees During Construction
view   Pruning Large Trees/Thinning Out vs. Topping
view buy Pruning Trees and Shrubs
view buy Tree Fertilization: Guide for Fertilizing New and Established Trees in the Landscape of Trees
view   Birch Dieback
view   Buckthorn Control
view buy Coping with Deer in the Home Landscape
view   Effects of De-icers on Trees & Shrubs
view   Flood Stress on Trees
view   Iron Chlorosis
view buy Minimizing De-Icing Salt Injury to Trees
view   Removing Trees and Shrubs
view   Shade Tree Decline
  buy Storm-Damaged Trees: Insect and Disease Concerns (VHS)
view   Winter Injury on Trees

Insect Pests

view   Aphids on Deciduous Trees & Shrubs
view   Ash and Honeylocust Plant Bugs
view   Birch Leafminers
view   Bronze Birch Borer and Its Management, The
view   Emerald Ash Borer
view buy Forest Tent Caterpillars in Minnesota
view   Gypsy Moth: a Threat to Minnesota
view   Honeysuckle Witches' Broom Aphid
view   Insect and Mite Galls
view   Integrated Pest Management of Midwest Landscapes
view buy Japanese Beetle Management in Minnesota
view   Lace Bugs
view buy Leaf Beetles in Urban Landscapes
view   Maple Petiole Borer
view buy Native Elm Bark Beetle Control
view   Removing Sap and Honeydew from Cars
view   Rabbits and Trees and Shrubs
view   Sawflies of Trees and Shrubs
view   Scale Insects of Trees and Shrubs
view buy Spring and Fall Cankerworms
view   Woolly Aphids on Deciduous Trees & Shrubs

Diseases

view   Disease Management Recommendations for Trees and Shrubs
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Deciduous Trees & Shrubs

Deciduous Trees & Shrubs: Leaf Diseases
view   Anthracnose of Ash Trees
view   Anthracnose and Other Fungal Leaf Spot Diseases of Maple
view   Apple Scab
view   Apple Scab Resistant Crab Apple Cultivars
view   Ascochyta Blight of Lilacs
view   Ash Rust
view   Bacterial Blight of Lilac
view   Cherry Leaf Spot
view   Crown Rust of Buckthorn
view   Honeysuckle Leaf Blight
view   Is it oak wilt or oak anthracnose?
view   Leaf Spot Diseases of Poplar
view   Oak Anthracnose
view   Plum Pockets
view   Powdery Mildew on Ornamental Plants
view   Sooty Mold
Deciduous Trees & Shrubs: Trunk or Branch Diseases
view   Black Knot
view   Black Rot Canker
view   Cankers on Trees
view   Hypoxylon Canker on Aspens and Willows
view   Lichens on Trees
view   Nectria Canker
view   Phomopsis Canker & Gall
view   Smooth Patch
view   Wetwood
view   Wood Decay
Deciduous Trees & Shrubs: Wilts
view   Dutch Elm Disease-Resistant Elm Cultivars
view buy History of Dutch Elm Disease in Minnesota
view   Is it oak wilt or oak anthracnose?
view buy Oak Wilt in Minnesota
view buy Verticillium Wilt of Trees and Shrubs
Deciduous Trees & Shrubs: Root Rots
view   Armillaria Root Rot
view   Azaleas and Rhododendrons Root Rot

Evergreen Trees & Shrubs

view   Diseases of Spruce Trees in Minnesota
Evergreen Trees & Shrubs: Needle Diseases
view   Dothistroma Needle Blight
view   Pine Needle Rust
view   Sirococcus Tip Blight
view   Sphaeropsis Shoot Blight
Evergreen Trees & Shrubs: Trunk or Branch Diseases
view   Lichens on Trees
view   Pine-Oak and Pine-Pine Gall Rusts
view   Rust Diseases on Minnesota Pines
view   White Pine Blister Rust

Cultivar Introduction and Research
The University of Minnesota is famous for developing and researching hardy cultivars.

view   150 Years of Hardy Plants
  buy 150 Years of Hardy Plants (poster)
view buy Azaleas (poster)
view buy Cardinal Dogwood
view   Centennial Sun Mum
view buy Golden Lights: A Northern Lights Azalea Hybrid
view buy Northern Sun Forsythia
view buy Orchid Lights Azalea
view buy Princess Kay Plum
  buy Set of 6 Reports on Cardinal Dogwood, Northern Sun Forsythia, Princess Kay Plum, Golden, Orchid and Spicy Lights Azalea
view buy Spicy Lights Azalea