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Growing Hydrangeas in Indiana: Types, Colour and Winter

A vibrant blue hydrangea bloom with layered petals in full flower, surrounded by green foliage and companion plants in a garden setting.

In Indianapolis, the last 32F freeze usually lands between April 9 and April 21, and the first one of fall between October 21 and October 30.

What Eats Potato in Utah, and When

A striped Utah potato beetle perches on a young potato plant in a tilled garden bed with drip irrigation visible.

Utah State University Extension documents about a dozen garden pests for the state, and only some of them go after potatoes.

Protecting Hydrangeas Through a Arizona Winter

A vibrant blue hydrangea bloom with layered petals in full flower, surrounded by green foliage and companion plants in a garden setting.

Across Arizona’s low desert, protecting hydrangeas through winter is an occasional chore, not a season-long routine.

What Eats Potato in Texas, and When

A striped yellow and black beetle rests on the foliage of a young potato plant in garden soil.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension documents 13 entries of vegetable pests in Texas, and only about half of them bother a potato patch.

Julia Child Rose: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Julia Child Rose: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Julia Child is a butter-yellow floribunda rose with very double flowers and a licorice-and-clove scent, and it has no days-to-maturity figure at all.

Pee Gee Hydrangea: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Pee Gee Hydrangea: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once

Pee Gee is a panicle hydrangea, the historic one, grown as a multi-stem shrub or a small tree for white blooms that age to pink.

Growing Roses in Idaho: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests

A fully bloomed pink rose with visible insects crawling on its petals, displayed on weathered gray wood with a green leaf nearby.

Roses grow well across most of Idaho, but the calendar and the variety you pick decide whether a plant thrives or spends every spring regrowing from a…

Reblooming Hydrangeas: What They Change, and What They Do Not

Reblooming Hydrangeas: What They Change, and What They Do Not

A reblooming hydrangea is usually a bigleaf type bred to set flower buds on new growth as well as on last year’s wood.

What Eats Potato in Tennessee, and When

Freshly dug potatoes with attached foliage displayed in a raised garden bed with visible soil.

Four entries on the University of Tennessee Extension pest list actually go after potato: Colorado potato beetle, flea beetles and cutworms, aphids, and…

Growing Hydrangeas in Illinois: Types, Colour and Winter

A vibrant blue hydrangea bloom with layered petals in full flower, surrounded by green foliage and companion plants in a garden setting.

Container-grown hydrangeas go into Illinois ground after the last spring frost, or in early fall while the soil is still warm enough for roots to settle.

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