Features
In the first overhaul of the map in more than 20 years, many areas are finding that warmer winters now allow plants that formerly only neighbors to the south could enjoy. 
Some 8-foot-tall Green Giant arborvitae trees on campus are completely dead. 
The growing season has ended and many gardeners are heading out to clean up what the frost has left behind. But some gardeners don't bother with fall cleanup. 
Many tropical plants thrive in the heat and humidity of a typical Missouri summer and can make great outdoor patio plants. But as temperatures drop in the fall, conditions can quickly become deadly. 
Online training will nurture Missouri green thumbs. 
A new herbicide is the suspected cause of damage to evergreens and other landscape trees. Lawn-care professionals began using the product this spring. 
Repair may be in order to keep storm-damaged trees healthy and less susceptible to disease and insects. 
Sometimes it can be hard to tell if that unfamiliar plant is a weed or not. Other times you know it's a weed but not the name. WeedID Guide can help identify them at various stages of growth. 
Websites
The following are general-interest lawn and garden Websites from the University of Missouri. Browse the menu on the left for sites on more specific lawn and garden topics.
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