Nebraska Extension Horticulture Columns

Helpful, interesting, and timely articles written by our very own Sarah Browning, UNL Extension Educator:

2020 - The Year of Iris ... February 23, 2020

2020 The Year of Lanta ... February 16, 2020

2020 CSU Flower Trials ... February 2, 2020

Growing Onions - Sets, Plants or Seeds? ... January 26, 2020

Let there Be Light ... for your Houseplants ... January 12, 2020

2020 Color of the Year - Classic Blue ...January 2, 2020

Care for Holiday Plants ... December 29, 2019

Tools for Gardeners .... December 22, 2019

Unusual Gift Plants - Citrus ... December 15, 2019

Winter Care of Indoor Plants ... December 8, 2019

4 Fall Season Tips for Living with Wildlife ... December 1, 2019

Columnar Apples - Growing Fruits in the Small Home Orchard ... November 24, 2019

Master Gardeners Sustainable Landscapes ... November 12, 2019

Dormant Lawn Seeding ... November 3, 2019

Gardeners Are Optimists ... October 27, 2019

Pruming Raspberries ... October 20, 2019

Roes Winter Protection ... October 13, 2019

Daffodils for Early Spring Color ... October 6, 2019

Garden Sanitation - A Good Way to Reduce Next Year's Pest Problems ... September 24, 2019

Fall Watering Improves Landscape Health ... September 15, 2019

Insect Causes Dead Twigs in Oaks ... September 9, 2019

Fall Lawn Fertilization ... September 3, 2019

5 Common Composting Questions ... August 26, 2019

Autumn Lycoris Brightens the Late Summer Garden ... August 20, 2019

Harvesting & Drying Herbs ... August 13, 2019

Gooseberries ... August 6, 2918

Almost Time for Fall Lawn Seeding ... August 4, 2019

Saving and Storing Garden Seeds ... July 29, 2019

Japanese Beetles ... July 2019

Boost Landscape Appeal with a Curb Strip Garden ... July 7, 2019

Dividing Iris ... June 24, 2019

It's time to Scout for Bagworms ... June 2, 2019

After Harvest Care of Asparagus ... June 21, 2019

Thinning Fruit Trees ... June 9, 2019

Pollination Basics ... June 7, 2019

The Year of Pumpkin ... May 21, 2019

Simplify Yout Garden ... May 6, 2019

Changing Lawn Fertilization Recommendations ... May 5, 2019

Early Season Disease Control in the Home Orchard ... April 28, 2019

Flooded Fruit & Vegetable Gardens - Is It Safe to Plant and Harvest this Year?  ... April 18, 2019

Soil Temperatures and Spring Preemergence Herbicide Applications ... April 9, 2019

Pruning Hydrangeas ... April 1, 2019

Floods and Trees:  Helping Your Tree Recover ... March 26, 2019

Wait to Control White Grubs ... May 14, 2019

Hiring a Lawn & Landscape Professional ... March 19, 2019

2019 All-American Selection Vegetable Winners ... March 13, 2019

2019 All-America Selection Flower Winners ... March 6, 2019

2019 - The Year of Salvia Nemorosa ... March 3, 2019

2019 - The Year of the Dahlia ... February 20, 2019

2019 - The Year of the Snap Dragon ... February 12, 2019

Pruning for Good Fruit Production in the Home Orchard ... February 4, 2019

'Big Blue' Leads he Pack - Colorado Flower Trials Top Performers ... January 29, 2019

How do Insects Survive Winter:  ... January 24, 2019

Early Spring Care for Fruit Trees ... January 17, 2019

2019 Color of the Year - Living Coral and How to use Living Coral in the Garden ... January 13, 2019

Extension Master Gardener Application Deadline Nears ... by Sarah Browning

Put your Christmas Tree to Good Use ... December 21, 2018

Gift Plants for Gardeners ... December 18, 2018

Is Emerald Ash Borer the Next Chestnut Blight? ... December 6, 2018

Keeps Christmas Plants Under Wraps ... December 3, 2018

A Cowberry by Another Other Name ... November 27, 2018

Extension Master Gardeners Teach Youth, Adults and Create Beautiful, Sustainable Landscapes ... Nov 19, 2018

Cranberries - A Great American Fruit ... Nov. 13, 2018

Fall Leaves - Put Them to Work in Your Landscape ... Nov 11, 2018

Time to Order Tree Seedlings for Spring Planting ... Nov 4, 2018

Winter Protection for Strawberries ... October 24, 2018

October Snow and Landscapes ... October 18, 2018

Frost - Cold Temperatures Bring an End to the Gardening Season ... October 2018

Fall is the Time for Fruit Flies ... September 30, 2018

Next Year's Garden - Plant Propagation with Stem Cuttings ... September 23, 2018

Minute Pirate Bugs - Tiny Biters in your Landscape ... September 16, 2018

Smart Gardening: Converting to No-Till for Home Gardeners ... September 9, 2018

Making Good Use of Landscape Waste ... August 19, 2018

Tough Weeds ... August 19, 2018

Neonicotinoid Insecticides - Poilinators, Plants and your Garden ... August 12, 2018

Timing Your Fruit Harvesting ... July 29, 2018

Solitary Wasps ... July 22, 2018

Be a Lawn Master ... July 15, 2018

Flooded Fruit & Vegetable Gardens - What's Safe to Eat? ... July 3, 2018

Summer Care of Iris - Division and Borer Control ... June 27, 2018

Japanese Beetles - How Do I Keep My Plants from Looking Like Swiss Cheese? ... June 24, 2018

Lawns Hit Hard by Ascochyta Blight ... June 5, 2018

Little Insect – Big Headache for Raspberries: Spotted Wing Drosophila ... May 30, 2018

Be On the Lookout for Bagworms ... May 23, 2018

Dothistroma Pine Needle Blight .. May 13, 2018

Emerald Ash Borer - Should I Treat this Year? ... May 2, 2018

Sheet Composting ... April 25, 2018

Opening Pine Buds ... April 16, 2018

Peas Love Cool Weather; Plant for a Spring Crop ... April 10, 2018

Soil Temperatures and Spring Pre-emergence Herbicide Applications ... April 4, 2018

 2018 What's Wrong with my Ash Tree? ... March 26, 2018

2018 - Coreopsis - the "Always Cheerful" flower ... March 20, 2018

2018 - The Year of the Petunia ... March 6, 2018

2018 - the Year of the Tulips ... March 4, 2018