Landscaping

Landscape plants do more than beautify our homes and workplaces; they purify our air, reduce stormwater run-off and provide a host of other ecosystem services.  Landscape design, installation, and maintenance involve both art and science.  Landscape principles and practices are constantly evolving and staying current can be a challenge.  Whether you are a professional landscaper or homeowner, Michigan State University Extension’s landscape specialists and educators are your connection to the most up-to-date and reliable information on designing, installing and caring for the environments where we live and work.

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• HOT TOPICMaple seeds dropping in soon

  May 11, 2012 | Bert Cregg | 2012 provides a bumper crop of these maple “helicopters” and “whirligigs.”

• Three new Enviro-weather stations online

  May 8, 2012 | Beth Bishop | Enviro-weather stations have been added in Mecosta, Kalkaska and Gaylord, Mich., bringing the total number of stations to 67.

• Farmers and homeowners should be prepared for spring flooding

  May 7, 2012 | Christina Curell | According to the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) floods are the most common natural disaster that communities face, excluding fire.

• HOT TOPICLate frost injury on nursery and landscape plants

  May 4, 2012 | Bert Cregg, Tom Dudek, and Jill O’Donnell | Damage may appear dramatic at first, but long-term prognosis for most plants is good.

• Wildfire-resistant landscape plants can protect your home

  April 30, 2012 | Beth Clawson | Protecting your home from wildfire can be as simple as basic landscape planning and the addition of a few well-watered plants.

• HOT TOPICMichigan awash with Phomopsis cankers on spruce trees and seedlings

  April 27, 2012 | Dennis W. Fulbright, Sara Stadt, and Jill O’Donnell | Phomopsis cankers are causing shoot blight symptoms in nurseries and a general decline of spruce trees in the landscape. This unparalleled disease of spruce can be found on blue, white and Norway spruce throughout the Lower Peninsula.

• Lakefront property owners can protect dragonflies as they reduce mosquito populations

  April 25, 2012 | Jane Herbert | Lakefront property owners who protect and preserve near-shore aquatic plant communities reduce mosquito populations while providing ideal habitats for Mich. dragonflies.

• Modifying your shoreline property? Check local regulations first – Part 2

  April 25, 2012 | Dean Solomon | Checking local zoning regulations is the first step for shoreline property owners considering major landscaping projects. The second part of this series outlines additional shoreline buffer provisions and sources of information.

• Modifying your shoreline property? Check local regulations first – Part 1

  April 25, 2012 | Dean Solomon | Checking local zoning regulations is the first step for shoreline property owners considering major landscaping projects. The first part of this series outlines shoreline zoning ordinance goals and common provisions.

• HOT TOPICLandscape tree and shrub fertilization guide now available

  April 20, 2012 | Bert Cregg | New factsheet provides homeowners with guidance to keep landscape plants green and growing.

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