Wordpress Author KC Champion Trees: Trees for the Kansas City Region and Beyond Over the course of many years, Doug Grimm has been searching out, collecting, sampling, and developing new and native trees for his own corner of the world, here in Northeast Kansas. Though Doug has t... Jan 2, 2020
Wordpress Author The Kansas Gardener's Garden: October through December I hope you had a Merry Christmas! This is the final installment on 2019 on the series of photos from my yard. Great things are coming in 2020, I hope you are ready for them! The above flowers were all... Dec 26, 2019
Wordpress Author January Tips & Tricks for the Landscape 2020 is right around the corner and January weather is headed our way. Here in Northeast Kansas I am already eagerly awaiting the first spring flowers of March. However, there are things to do in the ... Dec 20, 2019
Wordpress Author Allium 'Millenium' the 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year Each year the Perennial Plant Association chooses a perennial of the year, based on its landscape value, popularity, floral characteristics, and pollinator friendliness. The 2018 Perennial Plant of th... Dec 19, 2019
Wordpress Author Year in Review: Annual Color Every year, I review the annual color performance to help decide what plants to plant next year at all my commercial and residential locations. This year was a tough one for annuals; we had winter tha... Dec 19, 2019
Wordpress Author Kansas Gardener's Garden August-Septemer Part 3 of my gardens. The saga continues…. This is the Monarch Waystation in late summer, full of rudbeckias and garden phlox and grasses. The double-flowered rudbeckia variety is ‘Hortensia’ from my ... Dec 12, 2019
Wordpress Author Kansas Gardener's Garden June-July Here is the second part to the garden tour. enjoy the photos and comments! Above you can see my driveway Border Garden. I had to put in this fence to keep visitors from parking too close to the edge o... Dec 5, 2019
Wordpress Author Kansas Gardener's Garden April-May This year, my garden did so well that I had to break my tour of it into 4 separate posts. Up first is April through May. I cannot remember a wetter May than what we had this year – 26 inches of rain! ... Nov 28, 2019
Wordpress Author DIY Holiday Wreaths by The Kansas Gardener After Thanksgiving is over and only a few weeks until Christmas, I like to finish my outdoor decorations off with a few DIY wreaths. After weeks of cleaning out landscapes and gardens, wreathmaking is... Nov 27, 2019
Wordpress Author Year in Review - Insects of 2019 Although 2019 is not quite over yet, with the early snow and extreme temperature changes, the majority of insects have begun their hibernation periods and so we can discuss this year’s populations. Wi... Nov 21, 2019
Wordpress Author Creating Homemade Holiday Decor Christmas is right around the corner and my wife is already starting to get the boxes of Christmas decorations from the garage. With just 2 weeks until Thanksgiving , I am beginning to gather material... Nov 13, 2019
Wordpress Author Can You Predict the Weather by Woolly Bear Caterpillars? With our first hard freeze and snowfall having borne down upon us this week, many folks are starting to “guess” the weather by the colors of the woolly bear caterpillar. I say guess, because that is a... Oct 31, 2019