Garden, Pest and Landscape Information

 Annuals Bulbs  Compost & Soil
Plant Diseases Insects Perennials
Woody Ornamentals Vegetable Pruning
 Landscape Management Turfgrass Plant Information
Shrubs Groundcovers Vines
Wildlife Trees Forest Facts
Annual Series

Annual Hedges
Annual Vines
Annuals for Cut Flowers
Annuals for Edging
Annuals for Hanging Baskets
Annuals for Hot and Dry Conditions
Annuals for Moist and Cool Soils
Annuals for Poor Soil
Annuals for the Beginners

Annuals for Shade
Annuals for Shade or Full Sun
Buying and Growing Annual Seed
Common Annual Flowers
General Up Keep and Cleanup of an Annual Garden
Growing Annuals In Containers
Growing Annuals Outdoors
Plan & Design with Annuals
Salvaging Annuals for Indoor Use

Bulb Series

Bulbs in the Landscape  
Buying Bulbs 
Common Questions About Bulbs 
Growing Bulbs 

Mail Order Bulbs  
Selecting Cultivars  
Structure of Bulbs  
Storage and Propagation of Bulbs 

Compost Series

Backyard Composting

Grasscycling

Worm Composting

Soil Testing Service

Plant Diseases

Anthracnose 
Bacterial Blight  
Black Knot of Stone Fruits 
Black Spot of Rose  
Bacterial Leaf Spots  
Botrytis Blights 
Cankers  
Canker and Dieback of Lombardy Poplars  
Cherry Leaf Spot or Shot Hole 
Controlling Apple Scab on Crabapples  
Controlling Diseases and Pests 
Crown Gall  
Cytospora Canker of Spruce  
Diplodia Tip Blight on Pines  
Disease Problems 
Fungal Leaf Spots 
Gall Rusts of Pine 

Leaf and Stem Blights of Pachysandra  
Leaf Curl and Leaf Gall  
Leaf Scorch  
Leaf Tatter  
Mushroom-shoestring Root Rot  
Needlecasts  
Phytophthora Root Rot of Rhododendron  
Powdery Mildew  
Russian Olive Canker and Dieback  
Rust Diseases  
Scab  
Slime Flux and Wetwood  
Twig Blight of Juniper  
Viral Leaf Diseases  
Witches Broom  
Wilts  
Wood Rot 

Insect Series

Bedbugs  
Bees and Wasps  
Beneficial Insects and Mites 
Black Vine Weevil 
Boxelder Bugs

Boxelder Bugs
Common Groups of Insects that Damage Landscape Plants 
Cottony Maple Scale 
Dermestid Beetles - Larder and Carpet Beetles  
Fall Webworm Management 

Fall Webworm Management
Fleas 
Fungus Gnats  
Gall-forming Insects and Mites  
Gypsy Moth 

"The Homeowner & the Gypsy Moth -- Guidelines for Control" 

Gypsy Moths
House Inspections and Insects Pests

Household Pests

Insect Control for Landscape Plants  
Insect Related Problems  
Leaf-chewing Insects  
Lecanium Scale  
Non-chemical Insect Control  
Overwintering Home Invading Insects  
Scale Insects  
Slugs  

Slugs
Social Wasps  
Solitary Wasps  
Sucking Insects  
Tent- and Case-making Insects  
Ticks 
Orange Striped Oakworm

 

Perennials

Choosing Perennials 
Culture of Perennials 
Designing with Perennials 
Ground Covers 
Growing Perennials 

Choosing Perennials 
Culture of Perennials 
Designing with Perennials 
Ground Covers 
Growing Perennials 

Woody Ornamentals Series

Chlorosis

Preventing Fruit in Woody Plants

Planting Trees and Shrubs

Mulches in the Landscape

Vegetable Series

Fall Vegetables

Pruning

Pruning Bearing Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard  
Pruning Landscape Plants  
Pruning Roses

Pruning Shrubs  
Pruning Trees  
Pruning Vines and Ground Covers

Landscape Management

Average Date of First Freezing (Fall)  
Average Date of Last Freezing (Spring) 
Coping with Landscape Waste 
Cultural Problems  
Diebacks 
Enviromental Problems 
Fertilizing Landscape Plants 
Fitting Ornamental Plants into the Landscape 
April (Landscape Management Calendar)  
August (Landscape Management Calendar) 
Landscape Management Calendar  

March (Landscape Management Calendar)  
May (Landscape Management Calendar)  
July (Landscape Management Calendar)  
June (Landscape Management Calendar)  
September (Landscape Management Calendar)  
November (Landscape Management Calendar)  
October (Landscape Management Calendar)  
Planting Landscape Plants  
Transplanting Landscape Plants  
Watering Landscape Plants

Turf Series

Control of Perennial Weedy Grasses in Turf 
Grasses for Lawns in Michigan 

Grasses for Michigan Lawns

Seeding a Lawn  
Thatch

Grass Clippings

Lawns in Shade

Maintaining Lakefront Turf

Moss in Lawns

Mowing Lawns

Mulching Tree Leaves Into Lawns

Plant Information

Aquatic Plants 
Factors in Selecting Plants  
How a Healthy Plant Grows  
Managing Plant Health  
Plant Protection - Mulching  
Plant Types & Their Usage  
Plants for Erosion Control  
Plants for Hedges and Windbreaks  
Plants that Tolerate Exposed Sites  
Plants that Tolerate Heavy Clay Soils  
Plants that Tolerate Moist Soils  
Plants that Tolerate Poor and Dry Soils  
Plants that Tolerate Urban Conditions 

Plants with an Upright Habit  
Plants with Colored Foliage - Red or Purple  
Plants with Horizontal Habit  
Plants with Outstanding Autumn Color  
Plants with Pendulous Habit  
Plants with Winter Bark Interest or Color  
Shopping Tips for Buying Plants  
Viburnums: A Selection Guide  
Why Trees Drop Leaves and Twigs

Shrubs

Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush Buckeye  
Aronia arbutifolia - Red Chokeberry  
Berberis X mentorensis - Mentor Barberry  
Berberis thunbergii - Japanese Barberry  
Buxus microphylla - Littleleaf Boxwood  
Chamaecyparis obtusa - Hinoki Cypress  
Chamaecyparis pisifera - Sawara Falsecypress  
Clethra alnifolia - Summersweet, Sweet Pepperbush  
Cotinus coggygria - Smoke Tree  
Forsythia X intermedia - Border Forsythia  
Fothergilla gardenii - Dwarf Fothergilla  
Hamamelis X intermedia  
Hibiscus syriacus - Rose-of-Sharon  
Hydrangea quercifolia - Oak Leaved Hydrangea  
Ilex verticillata - Michigan Holly, Winterberry  
Itea virginica - Virginia Sweetspire

Juniperus chinensis - Chinese Juniper  
Juniperus sabina - Savin Juniper  
Mahonia aquifolium - Oregon Grape Holly  
Physocarpus opulifolius - Common Ninebark  
Shepherdia argentea - Silver Buffaloberry  
Spirea X bumalda - Bumald Spirea  
Spirea japonica - Japanese Spirea  
Syringa reticulata - Japanese Tree Lilac  
Taxus X media - Anglojap Yew  
Thuja occidentalis - White Cedar  
Viburnum carlesi - Korean Spice Viburnum  
Viburnum cassinoides - Witherod Viburnum  
Viburnum dilitatum - Linden Viburnum  
Viburnum opulus - European Cranberrybush  
Viburnum plicatum var tomentosum - Doublefile Viburnum  
Viburnum sargentii - Sargent Viburnum  
Weigela florida - Old Fashioned Weigela

Groundcovers

Ajuga reptans - Bugleweed  
Epimedium X rubrum - Barrenwort  
Hedera helix - English Ivy  
Hemerocallis hybrids - Daylily

Hosta - Plantain Lily  
Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese Spurge  
Vinca minor - Myrtle, Periwinkle

 

Vines

Campsis radicans - Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine  
Celastrus scandens - American Bittersweet  
Clematis x jackmanii - Jackman Clematis  
Clematis maximowicziana - Sweetautumn Clematis  
Hydrangea anomala subsp petiolaris  - Climbing Hydrangea 

Lonicera X heckrotti - Goldflame Honeysuckle  
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper  
Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston Ivy  
Polygonum aubertii - Silverlace Vine  
Wisteria floribunda - Japanese Wisteria

Wildlife Series

Attracting Butterflies

Attracting Hummingbirds

Controlling Bats

Controlling Bats  

Controlling Cats

Controlling Deer 

Controlling Moles

Controlling Muskrats

Controlling Opossum

Controlling Skunks

Controlling Skunks

Controlling Skunks, Raccoons, Opossums 

Controlling Squirrels

Controlling Rabbits

Controlling Rabbits  

Controlling Raccoons

Controlling Rats and Mice 

Controlling Woodchucks

Controlling Woodpeckers

Controlling Voles

 

Trees and Tree Care

Abies concolor - White Fir  
Acer ginnala - Amur Maple  
Acer palmatum - Japanese Maple  
Acer griseum - Paperbark Maple  
Acer platanoides - Norway Maple  
Acer rubrum - Red Maple, Swamp Maple  
Aesculus X carnea - Red Horsechestnut  
Amelanchier X grandiflora - Apple Serviceberry  
Cercis canadensis - Redbud  
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis - Nootka Flasecypress  
Chionanthus retusus - Chinese Fringe Tree  
Cornus alternifolia - Pagoda Dogwood  
Cornus kousa - Kousa Dogwood, Japanese Dogwood  
Fagus sylvatica - Euorpean Beech 

Fraxinus americana - White Ash  
Ginkgo bilba - Maidenhair Tree  
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis - Thornless Common Honeylocust  
Larix decidua - European Larch  
Malus spp. - Crab Apple  
Parrotia persica - Persian Parrotia  
Picea glauca - White Spruce  
Picea omorika - Serbian Spruce  
Pinus densiflora - Japanese Red Pine  
Pinus strobus - Eastern White Pine  
Prunus sargentii - Sargent Cherry  
Prunus serrulata - Oriental Cherry  
Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir  
Pyrus calleryana - Callery Pear  
Quercus rubra - Red Oak  
Sophora japonica - Japanese Pagoda Tree  
Ulmus parvifolia - Lacebark Elm

Fertilizing Shade and Ornamental Trees
Identifying Trees of Michigan
Poison Ivy Control
Tree Planting
Tree Planting in Michigan Extension Bulletin E-771 June 1989 (Revision)

Growing Christmas Trees in Michigan
Michigan Consulting Foresters
Reduce Your Taxes with Conservation Easements

Timber Sales Contracts
Why Manage Your Woodlot Extension Bulletin E-1492 • Reprinted December 1984

Forest Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet 1 - How to Recover Capital Costs When Selling Timber (1988)
Fact Sheet 2 - Fertilization of Christmas Trees in Michigan (1988)

Fact Sheet 3 - Alternative Forestry Related Farm Cash Crops (1988)

Fact Sheet 4 - So, you Need Some Cash From Your Farm Woodlot? (1988)

Fact Sheet 5 - Cutting and Selling Timber From Your Farm Woodlot (1988)

Fact Sheet 6 - Unassigned

Fact Sheet 7 - Pruning Red Pine (1989)

Fact Sheet 8 - Thinning Red Pine (1989)

Fact Sheet 9 - Wildlife Considerations in Red Pine Management (1989)

Fact Sheet 10 - How Much Are My Hardwoods Worth? (1998)

Fact Sheet 11 - Unassigned

Fact Sheet 12 - Increasing Hardwood Planting Success Using Tree Shelters (1989)

Fact Sheet 13 - Site Preparation and Release Herbicides for Tree Production (1989)

Fact Sheet 14 - Site Preparation and Release Herbicides for Christmas Tree Production (1989)

Fact Sheet 15 - Can I Deduct Forest Management Costs on My Income Taxes? (1989)

Fact Sheet 16 - Forest Resource Facts (1990) - [Updated by Fact Sheet 26 (1996)]

Fact Sheet 17 - Homemade Maple Syrup (1990)

Fact Sheet 18 - Protect Your Home From Wildfire (1991)

Fact Sheet 19 - Forestry Consultants (1998) Contact Forestry Extension Secretary for copy (517-355-0094)

Fact Sheet 20 - Pin Oak and Gypsy Moth (1992)

Fact Sheet 21 - Oak Wilt Update in Michigan (1992)

Fact Sheet 22 - Christmas Tree Growers & The Gypsy Moth (1993)

Fact Sheet 23 - You've Been Asked To Sell Your Timber: What Do You Do Next? (1993)

Fact Sheet 24 - Forest Landowner Tips for Filing 1998 Taxes (1999)

Fact Sheet 25 - Timber Sale Bids (1996)

Fact Sheet 26 - Forest Resource Facts (1996) Contact Forestry Extension Secretary for copy (517-355-0094)

Fact Sheet 27 - Building a Tree Root Display Board (1997)

Fact Sheet 28 - Getting the Mo$t From Your Farm Woodland (1999)

Timber Buyers