Plant Profile: Croton
If you’re looking for a houseplant to add color and drama to your home, consider croton (Codiaeum variegatum), a plant that comes in a variety…
If you’re looking for a houseplant to add color and drama to your home, consider croton (Codiaeum variegatum), a plant that comes in a variety…
This article by Courtney Tchida originally appeared in the November/December 2020 issue of Northern Gardener. The benefits of gardening are many, including to our physical…
Do you participate in a community garden? It might be a garden club that cares for plantings around a community center or one that plants…
Our first digital gardening competition is in the books, and you knocked our gardening clogs off! Our social media feeds were flooded with Great Gardening…
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2020 issue of Northern Gardener. “I just love the work you do at the horticultural society,” says Sharon…
Last year, when the City of St. Paul removed 33 ash trees from the two blocks around my house, they planted a variety of trees…
We have missed seeing gardens this year through master gardener tours, garden club events and other garden joys. We also missed our Minnesota State Fair…
Like many Minnesotans, I’m feeling a bit glum today. It would have been the first day of the Minnesota State Fair, and for the past…
If you enjoy watching hummingbirds in the garden or seeing lots of pollinators on your plants, be sure to plant some annual salvias next year….
As recently appointed hort society’s executive director, Rick Juliusson brings a wealth of experience in nonprofit management and horticulture to his new role as leader…
In a normal year, we would be busy now getting ready for the Minnesota State Fair—prepping for the MSHS Potted Plant Show, sorting T-shirts and…
This article by Diane Duvall originally appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of Northern Gardener. For more information about joining the Heirloom Circle, contact Diane…
This article on our MSHS gardening webinars originally appeared in the July/August issue of Northern Gardener. To help our members grow as gardeners, MSHS has…
Updated for July 2021 With the heat, humidity and occasional rains, many gardens have exploded this month. Fortunately, we gardeners can enjoy them with a…
This essay by Janet Favorite originally appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of Northern Gardener. I am a lifelong, self-educated gardener and my internal motto…
If you’ve read our May/June issue of Northern Gardener, you may have seen the article by Randy Nelson and David Zlesak about sustainable roses for…
Judging by the crowds at nurseries and garden centers in May, it’s easy to think you can’t plant pollinator plants (or anything else!) after June…
As we are all hunkering down during the current COVID-19 outbreak, I started thinking about what gardeners did during past crisis. Of course, they planted…
It looks like we are all facing a few weeks of restricted social activity due to the COVID-19 virus. We’ve seen several memes around social…
We’ll be at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center starting Wednesday this week, and we hope you will stop by…
There is nothing like a plant-filled glass-house to get you through a cold Minnesota winter, and we northern gardeners will soon have a new place…
It’s officially a trend: Many gardeners are looking for ways to incorporate more native plants in their yards and landscapes to benefit bees, butterflies, insects…