Flowers and houseplants : publication
Learn how to identify and control aphids, scales, and mites to protect your garden plants from damage and common pest-related issues.
Learn how to start beekeeping with tips on hive setup, bee care, equipment, colony management, and producing honey safely and effectively.
Learn how to care for flowering potted plants like African violets and amaryllis, including watering, light, humidity, and reblooming tips.
Revised by David H. Trinklein
Division of Plant Sciences
To many people, a home is not complete without attractive potted plants. Proper care of houseplants helps increase satisfaction and enjoyment from them and extends the blooming period of many flowering plants.
Learn how to make a butterfly garden, get some fun facts and tips about butterflies, and see two example butterfly gardens in this colorful two-page guide.
Create distinctive indoor decorations by drying flowers and foliage. Air-drying, pressing, using dessicants, microwave oven-drying and freeze-drying methods plus preserving foliage with glycerin are covered in this illustrated MU Extension guide.
David Trinklein
Horticulture Extension State Specialist
Department of Plant Science & Technology
Forcing bulbs indoors brings spring color to your home during winter. Learn how to select, chill, and pot bulbs like daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths.
Our Missouri garden journal is also a how-to guide and information resource. It provides a place to organize gardening info, plans and notes. Gift it to the gardeners in your life. If you are a Master Gardener, treat yourself.
Reviewed by David Trinklein
Horticulture Extension State Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences & Technology
Sunflowers are an easy, fast growing flower that can add much fun to the garden. Learn about common varieties and how to grow them in this one-page guide.
Discover the beauty of herbaceous ornamentals—annuals and perennials that add color, texture, and fragrance to your garden with easy-growing versatility
Reviewed by Dave Trinklein
Horticulture State Extension Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences & Technology
Plant pieces cut from a parent plant and rooted to form new plants are called “cuttings.” Use of cuttings is a simple, inexpensive way to multiply houseplants and garden plants.
Learn how ice and freeze events affect fruit and ornamental trees in the Midwest, with tips on identifying damage and supporting recovery.
Learn safe and effective ways to manage indoor plant pests using natural, mechanical, and low-toxicity treatments that protect both plants and the environment
Lack of adequate light can harm your plants. Visit our website today to learn best practices for lighting indoor houseplants.
Making seed tapes is a great winter activity that makes for quick planting during gardening season. Learn how in this one-page guide.
Bruce A. Barrett
Division of Plant Sciences
Editor’s note
Learn to grow and give back. The Missouri Master Gardener Program trains volunteers in research-based, sustainable home horticulture.
Plant propagation is the process of increasing the number of plants of a particular species. Visit our site to learn more about Plant Propagation.
To understand why plants respond as they do to natural influences, gardeners must understand their structure and how they grow. Visit our site to learn more.
Raised-bed gardening enhances soil drainage and root health, offers customizable design options and extends the growing season for better yields.
Planting roses? Learn how to mulch, water, prune, and care for your roses. Includes a pest guide.
Roses are well adapted to many different environmental conditions. They are useful as landscape plants and prized as cut flowers. Since they are the product of centuries of breeding and selection, many shapes, forms, and colors provide endless types to select from and use.
Learn how to establish, manage and maintain beehives to foster healthy bees and produce surplus honey to use or sell. Flowering periods for Missouri honey plants are included in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
Discover essential information on soil properties, plant nutrition, and effective nutrient management techniques to enhance your gardening success.
Daffodils are vibrant, low-maintenance spring flowers that thrive in well-drained soil and sunlight, offering lasting garden beauty.
Revised by David Trinklein
Horticulture Extension State Specialist
Division of Plant Sciences and Technology
Learn how to test soil, apply fertilizers, and maintain nutrient levels for healthy vegetable and flower gardens.
Gladiolus, commonly known as 'glads,' are prized for their vibrant colors and are ideal for cut flower arrangements.
Grow new plants with cuttings from existing ones. Learn how to take a cutting and create an environment in which it can develop roots in this 2-page guide.
Reviewed by David H. Trinklein
Division of Plant Sciences
Learn how to plant and harvest easy-to-grow flowers and how to arrange them in a vase in this colorful two-page guide.
Learn how to design, locate and care for a wildflower garden; and what wildflowers suitable for shaded or sunny locations in Missouri. Tips on collecting native plant seeds and other propagation methods are included in this MU Extension guide.
Winter sowing is a method of starting seeds in late winter for spring transplanting. Learn what plants you can winter sow and how in this one-page guide.