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For a dozen years now, the Oklahoma Proven program has helped guide gardening enthusiasts toward plants, trees and shrubs that have been proven to grow well in Oklahoma’s diverse climate and soil types.

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They are about the earliest of all perennials to bloom. They will stay in bloom from February through June.

Hellebores are slow starters, however. “You may have to wait three years for flowers and up to eight years…[read further]

The dead of winter might not seem like an opportune time to trim trees, but that’s exactly when you should consider improving your trees.

University of Missouri faculty took time recently to explain how and why tree farmers…[read further]

Seed catalogs have begun appearing in mailboxes, providing hours of recreational reading for chilly winter days. If your planting project extends beyond flowers and vegetables, look at trees and shrubs included in the 2010 seedling catalog from George O. White…[read further]

Winter dormancy in grass and other plants provides an ideal time for pre-season weed control and plant moving, said Mark Keaton, Baxter County extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.

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Gardeners can use ashes from fireplaces or wood stoves to enrich their soils, said a University of Missouri Extension horticulturist.

“Understanding the effect of ashes on the soil is helpful in deciding how much can be added,” said…[read further]

Trees may pose additional dangers with the coming of an ice- and snow-laden winter storm because of saturated ground, said Tamara Walkingstick, associate director of the Arkansas Forest Research Center and an extension forester for the University of Arkansas Division…[read further]