Jim Kincannon
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Midwest Regional Reports
Exciting Evergreens for the Midwest
Evergreens are crucial to achieving varied texture and form, as well as the key to any successful four-season garden. Unfortunately, many gardeners would put a lot of evergreens in the…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Plants for Compact Spaces, Part II: Nine Amazing Dwarf Trees for the Midwest
Trees are a major component of our gardens and fill a variety of roles. Their potential height is a key characteristic that distinguishes them from most shrubs and herbaceous plants.…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Plants for Compact Spaces, Part I: Small Perennials and Shrubs for the Midwest
Maybe you want to underplant a tree without obscuring its attractive bark or you want to maintain some visual separation between a low-branched woody plant and the ground plane. Perhaps…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Growing Trees and Shrubs in Containers in the Midwest
Gardeners are gamblers by nature, taking chances based on educated guesses and hoped-for results. Conventional wisdom holds that few plants will survive growing in containers year-round in the Midwest. Most…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Midwest July Garden To-Do List
Monitor for insects and diseases. Use an integrated pest management (IPM) approach by first determining your threshold for taking action. Through inspection and monitoring, identify the pest or disease and…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Your Guide to Native Plants in the Midwest
For gardeners in the Midwest, interest in native plants is on the rise. Native plant enthusiasts recognize the crucial role these species occupy in relation to each other and to…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Midwest June Garden To-Do List
Plant, plant, plant! Add summer annuals to beds and containers, and cut back or replace spring annuals that look tired. Finish dividing and replanting summer- and fall-blooming perennials. If you…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Midwest May Garden To-Do List
Shop local. With the health and safety of everyone being paramount right now, many garden centers and other plant sellers have adapted their practices by adding curbside pickup and home…
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Midwest Regional Reports
Takeaways From the Newfields Horticultural Symposium in Indianapolis
Midwesterners are fortunate to live in a region near many of the best public gardens around. In February I attended a full-day symposium at Newfields in Indianapolis that featured some…
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Midwest Regional Reports
April Garden To-Do List for the Midwest
Plant some early color outdoors. Brighten up the early-season landscape with plants that can withstand some chilly weather. As the foliage of spring-blooming bulbs begins to emerge, add to the…