Orchids and Succulents: Rare and Unusual

Join us on March 14th, 2020 at the Annual Spring Gardening Seminar and learn how to grow lady slipper orchids plus maintain and grow a succulent plant, and which type…

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Native Landscapes for Small Spaces

  Join us for our 19th Annual Spring Gardening Seminar to find out why native plantings are so important, especially in urban spaces, and how to pick the right “must-have”…

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Native Landscaping for Wildlife and People

                Dave Tylka, who will be presenting  at the Master Gardeners Annual Spring Seminar, is a semi-retired professor of Biology at St. Louis…

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Caddo Sugar Maples

    Sugar maples often have significant problems with our Kansas weather. Our hot, often dry summers and windy conditions can shorten the life of these trees. However, some sugar…

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Winterizing Roses

Though most shrub roses are hardy in Kansas, other types of roses can be more tender. For example, the hybrid teas have certain species in their ancestry that originated in…

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Gardeners’ Gathering

Thursday, October 20, 2016   “Apps for Birds and Plants” The Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas city present:  “Apps for Birds and Plants” Thursday October 20, 2016, 6:30 pm at Kauffman…

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Mouse Damage to Fruit Trees/Plants

Be on the lookout for mouse tunnels around your fruit plants. Trunks and roots of apple trees are among the favorite meals for mice. There is probably no damage yet. But if…

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Fall Care of Peonies

Cut peony foliage back to the ground if this hasn’t been done already. Compost or discard foliage. Fertilize peonies twice a year — in the spring shortly before new growth…

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