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Vegetable Gardening
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Vegetable gardening is a rewarding activity that can provide fresh, flavorful produce. It also offers the benefits of exercise, fresh air and landscape beautification. Learn to grow your own vegetables so you can eat fresh and save on groceries.
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Your Child’s Health and BMI
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Body Mass Index (BMI), a ratio of an individual’s height and weight, is used as a screening tool to identify possible health risks such as diabetes, heart disease and asthma. Learn how to keep your child’s BMI within a healthy range.
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Herbaceous Ornamentals
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Discover the beauty of herbaceous ornamentals—annuals and perennials that add color, texture, and fragrance to your garden with easy-growing versatility
Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 22
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Learn about the Sugar Maple, a vibrant tree known for its fall color and maple syrup production, ideal for landscaping and adding beauty to your yard.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 25
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Trident maple is a compact, adaptable tree with vibrant fall color, thriving in various soils and urban environments. Ideal for smaller landscapes.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 28
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Learn about white oak's adaptability, soil preferences, and growth characteristics for choosing the ideal shade tree for your landscape.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Uncommon Trees for Specimen Plantings
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Check out some uncommon landscape trees that have a good chance for survival in the Missouri climate.
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Aphids, Scales and Mites on Home Garden and Landscape Plants
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Piercing-sucking pests such as aphids, scales and mites are commonly found on home garden and landscape plants. Learn how to identify and control them in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees, Page 02
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Discover the American sycamore, a fast-growing shade tree with distinctive bark, pest resistance, and adaptability to wet soil conditions.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees, Page 05
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Learn about the black gum tree’s unique features, including its stunning fall color, adaptability to various landscapes, and benefits for wildlife.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees, Page 08
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Discover the ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba), a resilient, medium-sized shade tree with unique fan-shaped leaves and vibrant yellow fall color.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 11
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Honey locust trees are excellent shade providers with lacy foliage and minimal leaf litter. Improved thornless, podless varieties are recommended for planting.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 14
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Discover the best shade trees for your landscape, including lindens with fragrant summer flowers and improved varieties like 'Greenspire' and 'Redmond'.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 17
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Discover characteristics, growth habits, and ideal conditions for various shade trees like Red Maple, offering valuable insights for your landscape planning.
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Corn Diseases
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Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 20
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Siberian elm is a fast-growing, hardy shade tree that thrives in tough conditions but can become invasive and have weak wood. Suitable for large spaces.
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Swamp white oak is a durable, fast-growing shade tree that thrives in wet soils. Known for its resistance to pests, it provides excellent shade and fall color.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 26
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Discover the tulip tree's features, including its height, growth habits, and ideal planting conditions for a beautiful and sustainable landscape addition.
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The Bagworm in Missouri
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees - Page 29
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Discover the unique beauty of yellowwood trees, featuring fragrant white flowers and a rounded form, ideal for diverse landscapes.
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Soil Testing for Lawns
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Periodic soil testing helps you correct nutrient deficiencies, avoid excess fertilizer applications and maintain a healthy lawn. Learn when routine soil testing makes sense and what it analyzes in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees
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Learn how to select the perfect shade trees for your Midwest yard or landscape. Don't waste years on a bad landscape!
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees, Page 03
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Amur maple is a versatile, small deciduous tree with vibrant fall color. It adapts well to various soils, offering resistance to pests and urban conditions.
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Mulches
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Mulches provide many benefits to plants. Benefits vary with the material used, the type of soil, the kind of plant and the cultural practices used. Mulches also may be used to make landscapes more attractive and usable and to reduce the amount of maintenance work (Figures 1a to 1c).