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Colorado Master Gardenersm Program Colorado Gardener Certificate Training

Colorado State University Extension

Index to On–line Yard and Garden Publications
Updated January 3, 2012

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CMG GardenNotes – In–depth coverage of the subject matter, used for CMG Training (two to twenty pages) Extension Fact Sheets – Summary of the topic (two to four pages) Planttalk Colorado™ – Short, answers to specific questions (one page)

General Headings
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Soil Amendments – see Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments ––– page 21 Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments ––– page 20 ○ Fertilizers ––– page 20 ○ Soil Amendments ––– page 21 ○ Soil Management ––– page 21 Trees and Shrubs ––– page 22 ○ Care of Trees and Shrubs ––– page 22 ○ Diseases and Abiotic Disorders of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs ––– page 23 ○ Identifying Trees and Shrubs ––– page 24 ○ Insects of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs ––– page 24 ○ Insects and Diseases of Evergreens ––– page 25 ○ Planting ––– page 25 ○ Pruning ––– page 26 ○ Selection of Trees and Shrubs –––– page 26 Turf – see Lawns ––– page 17 Vegetables ––– page 27 ○ Climate Summary: Frost Dates ––– page 30 Water Wise Gardening / Xeriscaping ––– page 30 Weeds & Weed Management ––– page 31 Wildlife ––– page 31 Xeriscaping see Water–Wise Gardening / Xeriscaping ––– page 30

Colorado Master Gardener Program
o o o o o o o o o CMG Program: Planting Gardens, Growing People: Homework – GardenNotes #019 Communications – GardenNotes #015 CSU Yard and Garden Websites – GardenNotes #012 Fielding Questions: Tools for Success – GardenNotes #016 Learning – GardenNotes #011 Listening Habits Evaluation – GardenNotes #017 The Colorado Master Gardener Program: Planting Gardens, Growing People – GardenNotes #014 Using Copyrighted Materials: Are You Legal? – GardenNotes #018 VMS (CMG On-Line Volunteer Management System) – GardenNotes #013

Diagnostics – Plant Health Care (IPM) and the Diagnostic Process
o o o o o o o o o o o o Diagnosing Abiotic Disorders of Trees: Homework – GardenNotes #107 Diagnosing Insects and Diseases of Tree: Homework – GardenNotes #109 Diagnosing Insects and Diseases: Worksheet – GardenNotes #108 Diagnosing Soil and Root Disorders of Landscape Trees – GardenNotes #103 Diagnosing Tree Disorders – GardenNotes #102 Diagnostics and PHC: Homework – GardenNotes #105 Diagnostics: References and Study Questions – GardenNotes #100 IPM: Plant Health Care – GardenNotes #101 Pest Management Options: Worksheet – GardenNotes #109 PHC – IPM: Plant Health Care – GardenNotes #101 Root Spread of Trees: Worksheet – GardenNotes #106 Step 2 in Diagnostic Process: Worksheet – GardenNotes #104

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Diseases / Plant Pathology
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Abnormal and Distorted Plant Growth – Planttalk #2101 Anthracnose – Sycamore Anthracnose – Fact Sheet #2.930 Anthracnose – Sycamore Anthracnose – Planttalk #1406 Ascochyta Leaf blight of Turf – Fact Sheet #2.901 Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots – Fact Sheet #2.920 Aspen Leaf Spot – Planttalk #1403 Aster Yellows – Planttalk #1452 Backyard Orchard: Apples and Pears [pest management] – Fact Sheet #2.800 Backyard Orchard: Stone Fruits [pest management] – Fact Sheet #2.804 Bacterial Wetwood – Fact Sheet #2.910 Bacterial Wetwood – Planttalk #1438 Canker Diseases on Deciduous Trees – Planttalk #1407 Coryneum Blight – Fact Sheet #2.914 Coryneum Blight – Planttalk #1444 Cytospora – Planttalk #1451 Cytospora Canker – Fact Sheet #2.937 Diagnosing Tree Disorders – GardenNotes #102 Dollar Spot Disease of Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #2.933 Dutch Elm Disease – Planttalk #1423 Fairy Ring – Mushrooms and Fairy Rings – Planttalk #1506 Fire Blight – Fact Sheet #2.907 Fire Blight – Planttalk #1411 Forest Fires – Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires – Fact Sheet #6.309 Fungicides – Pesticides: Disposal – Planttalk #1426 Fungicides – Pesticides: Natural Products – Planttalk #1427 Fungicides – Pesticides: Poisoning and First Aid – Planttalk #1428 Fungicides – Pesticides: Safety – Planttalk #1429 Fungicides – Pesticides: Toxicity – Planttalk #1430 Fungicides – Pesticides: Who Can Use – Planttalk #1431 Greenhouse Plant Viruses (TSWV–INSV) – Fact Sheet #2.947 Hollyhock Rust – Planttalk #1412 Honeylocust Diseases – Fact Sheet #2.939 Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires – Fact Sheet #6.309 IPM: Plant Health Care – GardenNotes #101 Juniper– Hawthorn Rust – Planttalk #1450 Leaf Blight of Turf – Planttalk #1527 Leaf Scorch – Fact Sheet #2.911 Leaf Spot and Melting Out (Turf) – Planttalk #1524 Marssonina Leaf Spot – Planttalk #1476 Mushrooms and Fairy Ring (Turf) – Planttalk #1506 Necrotic Ring Spot in Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #2.900 Necrotic Ring Spot on Kentucky Bluegrass – Planttalk #1528 Non–Chemical Disease Control – Fact Sheet #2.903 Oak Leaf Blister – Planttalk #1449 Pinon Decline – Planttalk #1465 Pinon Pine Insects and Diseases – Fact Sheet #2.948 Plant Health Care – GardenNotes #101 Plant Pathology – GardenNotes #331 Plant Pathology: Homework – GardenNotes #332 Plant Pathology: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #330 Powdery Mildew – Fact Sheet #2.902 Powdery Mildew – Planttalk #1415 Recognizing Tomato Problems – Fact Sheet#2.949 Rose Diseases – Planttalk #1433 Slime Mold – Planttalk #1435 Strawberry Diseases – Fact Sheet #2.931 Sycamore Anthracnose – Fact Sheet #2.930 001-3

Diseases / Plant Pathology (continued) o o o o o o Sycamore Anthracnose – Planttalk #1406 Tomato Diseases – Planttalk #1442 Tomato Early Blight – GardenNotes #718 Tomatoes – Recognizing Tomato Problems – Fact Sheet #2.949 Vegetable Seedling Pests – Planttalk #1410 Viruses in Plants – Planttalk #1443

Fire–Wise Landscaping
o o o o o o o o o o Cheatgrass and Wildfires – Fact Sheet #6.310 Creating Wildfire Defensible Zones – Fact Sheet #6.302 Fire–Resistant Landscaping – Fact Sheet #6.303 Firewise Plant Materials – Fact Sheet #6.305 Forest Home Fire Safety – Fact Sheet #6.304 Gambel Oak Management – Fact Sheet #6.311 Grass Seed Mixes to Reduce Wildfire Hazard – Fact Sheet #6.306 Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires – Fact Sheet #6.309 Soil Erosion Control After Wildfire – Fact Sheet #6.308 Vegetative Recovery After Wildfire – Fact Sheet #6.307

Flowering Herbaceous Plants
Annuals, Perennials, Ground Covers, & Ornamental Grasses o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Abnormal and Distorted Plant Growth – Planttalk #2101 Allium – Bulbs: Alliums – Planttalk #1006 Alpine Ivy Geranium – Planttalk #1043 Amaranthus – Planttalk #1044 Anemone – Planttalk #1060 Annual Flower Trials – Planttalk #1065 Annual Flowers – Best Annuals from 2005 Trials – Planttalk #1066 Annual Flowering Vines – Planttalk #1029 Annuals – Planttalk #1005 Aster Yellows – Planttalk #1452 Asters – Fall Asters – Planttalk #1014 Attracting Butterflies to the Garden – Fact Sheet #5.504 Basil – Planttalk #1055 Bulbs: Alliums – Planttalk #1006 Bulbs: Bed Preparation – Planttalk #1007 Bulbs: Colchicum – Planttalk #1008 Bulbs – Deer Resistant Bulbs – Planttalk #1067 Bulbs – Early Emergence of Bulb Foliage – Planttalk #1069 Bulbs: Fall Flowering Crocus – Planttalk #1009 Bulbs – Fall Plants Bulbs and Corms – Fact Sheet #7.410 Bulbs: Fertilizing – Planttalk #1038 Bulbs – How to Force Bulbs Indoors – Planttalk #1319 Bulbs: Maintaining – Planttalk #1010 Bulbs: Selecting – Planttalk #1011 Bulbs: Spring Flower – Planttalk #1012 Bulbs – Spring–Planted Bulbs, Corms and Roots – Fact Sheet #7.411 Bulbs: Summer Flowering – Planttalk #1013 Butterfly Gardening – Attracting Butterflies to the Garden – Fact Sheet #5.504 Butterfly Gardens – Planttalk #1121 001-4

Flowering Herbaceous Plants (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Cacti – Winter Hardy Cacti – Planttalk #1028 Catmint – Planttalk #1053 Clematis – Planttalk #1045 Colchicum – Bulbs: Colchicum – Planttalk #1008 Color – Combining Colors – Planttalk #1113 Color – Using Color in the Landscape – Planttalk #1110 Color – Using Hot Colors or Pastels – Planttalk #1111 Color in the Rock Garden – Planttalk #1106 Colorado Gardening: A Challenge to Newcomers – Fact Sheet #7.220 Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Colorado Plant Zones – GardenNotes #511 Columbine – Planttalk #1031 Combining Colors – Planttalk #1113 Container Gardens – Fact Sheet #7.238 Container Gardening: Basics – Planttalk #1001 Container Gardening: Containers – Planttalk #1102 Container Gardening: Designing – Planttalk #1114 Containers – Overwintering Container Plants – Planttalk #2028 Coral Bells – Planttalk #1062 Crocus – Bulbs: Fall Flowering Crocus – Planttalk #1009 Daylilies – Planttalk #1032 Deer Resistant Bulbs – Planttalk #1067 Design – Flower Bed Dimensions – Planttalk #1124 Designing for Shade – Planttalk #1126 Diseases – Greenhouse Plant Viruses (TSWV–INSV) – Fact Sheet #2.947 Diseases – Powdery Mildew – Fact Sheet #2.902 Dividing Ornamental Grass – Planttalk #1068 Early Emergence of Bulb Foliage – Planttalk #1069 Edema – Planttalk #2107 Edible Flowers – Fact Sheet #7.237 Edible Flowers – Planttalk #2012 Fall Asters – Planttalk #1014 Fall Plants Bulbs and Corms – Fact Sheet #7.410 Flea Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.592 Flower Bed Dimensions – Planttalk #1124 Flowers for Mountain Communities – Fact Sheet #7.406 Four–o'clock – Planttalk #1049 Frosts – Last Spring Frost – Planttalk #2018 Frosts – Spring Frosts and Snow – Planttalk #2013 Fungus Gnats at Houseplant and Indoor Pests – Fact Sheet #5.584 Geranium – Alpine Ivy Geranium – Planttalk #1043 Geranium Types – Planttalk #1070 Grass – Native Grasses – GardenNotes #571 Grass – Ornamental Grass – Planttalk #1002 Grass – Ornamental Grasses – Fact Sheet #7.232 Grass – Xeriscape Ornamental Grasses – Planttalk #1906 Greenhouse Plant Viruses (TSWV–INSV) – Fact Sheet #2.947 Greenhouse Whitefly – Fact Sheet #5.587 Ground Cover and Rock Garden Plants for Mountain Communities – Fact Sheet #7.413 Ground Cover Plants – Fact Sheet #7.400 Ground Covers – Shade Gardens: Ground Covers – Planttalk #1022 Growing Lavender in Colorado – Fact Sheet #7.245 Growing Plants from Seed – Fact Sheet #7.409 Hail Damage – Planttalk #2014 Herbaceous Perennials – Fact Sheet #7.405 Herbaceous Plants: Homework – GardenNotes #514 Herbaceous Plants: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #510 Herbaceous Plants: Right Plant, Right Place – GardenNotes #512 001-5

Flowering Herbaceous Plants (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Herbaceous Plants: Worksheet – GardenNotes #513 Hollyhock Rust – Planttalk #1412 Hosta – Planttalk #1033 Hyssop – Planttalk #1061 Hyssop – Sunset Hyssop – Planttalk #1051 Indoor Herb Garden – Planttalk #1056 Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Insects – Flea Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.592 Insects – Greenhouse Whitefly – Fact Sheet #5.587 Insects – Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Insects – Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Insects – Leafcutter Bees – Fact Sheet #5.576 Insects – Tobacco Budworm – Planttalk #1419 Insects – Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm – Fact Sheet #5.581 Iris – Planttalk #1041 Iris Division – Planttalk #1071 Italian Kitchen Garden Plants – Planttalk #1047 Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Kinds of Shade – Planttalk #1127 Last Spring Frost – Planttalk #2018 Lavender – Growing Lavender in Colorado – Fact Sheet #7.245 Lavender – Planttalk #1015 Leadwort – Planttalk #1048 Leafcutter Bees – Fact Sheet #5.576 Lungwort – Planttalk #1052 Marigold – Planttalk #1036 Mint – Planttalk #1057 Mountain – Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Mountain – Flowers for Mountain Communities – Fact Sheet #7.406 Mountain – Ground Covers and Rock Garden Plants for Mountain Communities – Fact Sheet #7.413 Mountain Perennials: Choosing – Planttalk #1039 Mountain Perennials: Location – Planttalk #1040 Native Grasses – GardenNotes #571 Native Plant Reference – GardenNotes #572 Native Plant Vendors – GardenNotes #573 Native Plants: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #570 Oriental Poppy – Planttalk #1037 Ornamental Grass – Planttalk #1002 Ornamental Grass – Dividing Ornamental Grass – Planttalk #1068 Ornamental Grasses – Fact Sheet #7.232 Ornamental Grass – Xeriscape Ornamental Grasses – Planttalk #1906 Overwintering Container Plants – Planttalk #2028 Pansy – Planttalk #1030 Parsley – Planttalk #1059 Peony – Planttalk #1042 Perennial Gardening – Fact Sheet #7.402 Perennials: for the Rock Garden – Planttalk #1016 Perennials – Herbaceous Perennials – Fact Sheet #7.405 Perennials: How and When to Plant – Planttalk #1017 Perennials: How to Divide – Planttalk #1018 Perennials: Maintaining – Planttalk #1019 Perennials – Perennial Gardening – Fact Sheet #7.402 Perennials: Winterizing – Planttalk #1020 Perennials: Winterizing During Drought – Planttalk #1064 Petunia – Planttalk #1035 Plant Health Care, IPM – GardenNotes #101 Plant Select 1997 – Planttalk #2002 Plant Select 1998 – Planttalk #2009 001-6

Flowering Herbaceous Plants (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Plant Select 1999 – Planttalk #2016 Plant Select 2000 – Planttalk #2019 Plant Select 2001 – Planttalk #2022 Plant Select 2002 – Planttalk #2023 Plant Select 2003 – Planttalk #2024 Plant Select 2004 – Planttalk #2025 Plant Select 2005 – Planttalk #2026 Plant Select 2006 – Planttalk #2027 Plant Select 2007 – Planttalk #2035 Plant Select 2008 – Planttalk #2036 Plant Select 2009 – Planttalk #2037 Planting and Plants for an Herb Garden – Planttalk #1003 Poinsettias – Fact Sheet #7.412 Poppy – Oriental Poppy – Planttalk #1037 Powdery Mildew – Fact Sheet #2.902 Powdery Mildew – Planttalk #1415 Rock Garden – Designing a Rock Garden – Planttalk #1115 Rock Garden – Perennials for the Rock Garden – Planttalk #1016 Rock Garden Plants – Fact Sheet #7.401 Rose Cane Borer – Planttalk #1463 Rose Diseases – Planttalk #1433 Roses – Selecting and Planting Roses – Fact Sheet #7.404 Russian Sage – Planttalk #1050 Salvia – Planttalk #1058 Sedum – Planttalk #1046 Seed Storage – Planttalk #2020 Seeds – Growing Plants from Seed – Fact Sheet #7.409 Seeds – Starting Seeds Indoors – Planttalk #1034 Shade – Designing for Shade – Planttalk #1126 Shade Gardening – Planttalk #1125 Shade Garden Perennials – Planttalk #1108 Shade Gardens: Annuals – Planttalk #1021 Shade Gardens: Ground Covers – Planttalk #1022 Shade Gardens: Soil Preparation – Planttalk #1054 Shade – Kinds of Shade – Planttalk #1127 Slugs – Fact Sheet #5.515 Slugs – Planttalk #1436 Spring Frosts and Snow – Planttalk #2013 Spring-Planted Bulbs, Corms and Roots – Fact Sheet #7.411 Starting Seeds Indoors – Planttalk #1034 Sunflowers – Planttalk #1004 Sunset Hyssop – Planttalk #1051 Thyme – Planttalk #1063 Tobacco Budworm – Planttalk #1419 Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm – Fact Sheet #5.581 Using Color in the Landscape – Planttalk #1110 Using Hot Colors or Pastels – Planttalk #1111 Vines – Annual Flowering Vines – Planttalk #1029 Viruses in Plants – Planttalk #1443 Water Gardening: In Containers – Planttalk #1023 Water Gardening: Introduction – Planttalk #1024 Water Gardening: Plant Recommendation – Planttalk #1025 Water Gardening: Planting Aquatic Plants – Planttalk #1026 Water Gardening: Winterizing Water Lilies – Planttalk #1027 Whitefly – Greenhouse Whitefly – Fact Sheet #5.587 Wildflowers in Colorado – Fact Sheet #7.233 Winter-hardy Cacti – Planttalk #1028 Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants – Fact Sheet #7.230 001-7

Fruit
Tree Fruits (apples, cherries, pears, peaches, and plums)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Apple and Pear Insects – Fact Sheet #5.519 Apples – Planttalk #1201 Apricots – Planttalk #1209 Backyard Orchard: Apples and Pears [pest management] – Fact Sheet #2.800 Backyard Orchard: Stone Fruits [pest management] – Fact Sheet #2.804 Cherries – Planttalk #1202 Coryneum Blight – Fact Sheet #2.914 Coryneum Blight – Planttalk #1444 Fertilizing Fruit Trees – Fact Sheet #7.612 Fertilizing Fruit Trees – Planttalk #1216 Fire Blight – Fact Sheet #2.907 Fire Blight – Planttalk #1411 Growing Tree Fruits in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #771 Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 IPM: Plant Health Care – GardenNotes #101 Oystershell Scale – Planttalk #1414 Peach Tree Borer – Fact Sheet #5.566 Peaches – Planttalk #1204 Pear Slug – Fact Sheet #5.560 Pears – Planttalk #1205 Plums – Planttalk #1206 Pollination of Tree Fruits – Fact Sheet #7.002 Pruning Mature Fruit Trees – Planttalk #1210 Pruning – Training and Pruning Fruit Trees – Fact Sheet #7.003 Pruning – Training Young Fruit Trees – Planttalk #1211 References and Review Questions: Growing Tree Fruits – CMG GardenNotes #770 Spider Mites – Fact Sheet #5.507 Tent Caterpillar – Planttalk #1484 Training and Pruning Fruit Trees – Fact Sheet #7.003 Training Young Fruit Trees – Planttalk #1211 Tree Fruits – Growing Tree Fruits in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #771

Small Fruits
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Blackberries – Growing Blackberries in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #762 Currants – Planttalk #1214 Currants, Gooseberries and Jostaberries – Fact Sheet #7.005 Elderberries – Planttalk #1212 Gooseberries – Currant, Gooseberries and Jostaberries – Fact Sheet #7.005 Gooseberries – Planttalk #1215 Grapes – Growing Grapes in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #764 Grapes – Planttalk #1203 Growing Blackberries in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #762 Growing Grapes in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #764 Growing Raspberries in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #761 Growing Strawberries in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #763 Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Raspberries – Growing Raspberries in the Home Garden – CMG GardenNotes #761 Raspberries – Planttalk #1207 Raspberry Cane Borer – Planttalk #1478 References and Review Questions: Small Fruits – CMG GardenNotes #760 Root Weevils – Fact Sheet #5.551 Serviceberries – Planttalk #1213 001-8

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House Plants and Indoor Gardening
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o African Violets – Planttalk #1301 Aliminum and Artillery Plants – Planttalk #1302 Amaryllis – Planttalk #1303 Avocado – Planttalk #1304 Azalea, Cineraria, Primrose and Ranunculus – Planttalk #1334 Bromiliads – Planttalk #1305 Bulbs – How to Force Bulbs Indoors – Planttalk #1319 Bulbs – Saving Forced Bulbs – Planttalk #1333 Cactus – Planttalk #1306 Christmas Cactus – Planttalk #1336 Christmas Trees: Care for Cut Trees – Planttalk #2006 Christmas Trees: Care of Living Trees – Planttalk #2017 Christmas Trees: Recycling – Planttalk #2007 Cineraria – Azalea, Cineraria, Primrose and Ranunculus – Planttalk #1334 Containers – Houseplants: Containers – Planttalk #1315 Croton – Planttalk #1346 Cyclamen – Planttalk #1335 False African Violet – Planttalk #1341 Ferns – Planttalk #1307 Fertilizing – Houseplants: Fertilizing – Planttalk #1331 Fungus Gnats – Planttalk #1445 Fungus Gnats as Houseplant and Indoor Pests – Fact Sheet #5.584 Gardenia – Planttalk #1345 Gloxinia – Planttalk #1308 Greenhouse Whitefly – Planttalk #1448 Growing Plants from Seed – Fact Sheet #7.409 Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse – GardenNotes #723 Herbs – Indoor Herb Gardening – Planttalk #1056 Hobby Greenhouse – Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse – GardenNotes #723 Hobby Greenhouses: Benches and Supplies – Planttalk #1309 Hobby Greenhouses: Construction and Foundations – Planttalk #1310 Hobby Greenhouses: Covering – Planttalk #1311 Hobby Greenhouses: Heating and Cooling – Planttalk #1312 Hobby Greenhouses: Types – Planttalk #1313 Houseplants: Artificial Light – Planttalk #1314 Houseplants: Containers – Planttalk #1315 Houseplants: Fertilizers – Planttalk #1331 Houseplants – Managing Houseplant Pests – Fact Sheet #5.595 Houseplants: Repotting – Planttalk #1316 Houseplants: Temperature and Humidity – Planttalk #1317 Houseplants: Watering – Planttalk #1318 How to Force Bulbs Indoors – Planttalk #1319 Humidity – Houseplants: Temperature and Humidity – Planttalk #1317 Indoor Herb Gardening – Planttalk #1056 Interior Plants and Light – Planttalk #1352 Jade Plant – Planttalk #1320 Kalanchoe – Planttalk #1343 Leaching Salts from Potting Mixes – Planttalk #1339 001-9

House Plants and Indoor Gardening (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Light – Houseplants: Artificial Light – Planttalk #1314 Light – Interior Plants and Light – Planttalk #1352 Managing Houseplant Pests – Fact Sheet #5.595 Mealybugs on Houseplants – Planttalk #1466 Moving Houseplants Outdoors – Planttalk #1332 Narcissus – Paperwhite Narcissus – Planttalk #1322 Norfolk Island Pine –Planttalk #1321 Orchid: Cattleya – Planttalk #1347 Orchid: Cymbidium – Planttalk #1348 Orchid: Paphiopedilum – Planttalk #1349 Orchid: Phalaenopsis – Planttalk #1350 Palms – Planttalk #1351 Paperwhite Narcissus – Planttalk #1322 Philodendron – Planttalk #1323 Piggy Back Plant – Planttalk #1324 Poinsettia – Planttalk #1325 Poinsettias – Fact Sheet #7.412 Primrose – Azalea, Cineraria, Primrose and Ranunculus – Planttalk #1334 Ranunculus – Azalea, Cineraria, Primrose and Ranunculus – Planttalk #1334 Repotting – Houseplants: Repotting – Planttalk #1316 Rubber Plant – Planttalk #1326 Salts – Leaching Salts from Potting Mixes – Planttalk #1339 Salts – White Crust on Potting Mixes – Planttalk #1338 Saving Forced Bulbs – Planttalk #1333 Schefflera – Planttalk #1327 Seeding – Starting Seeds Indoors – Planttalk #1034 Snake Plant – Planttalk #1337 Soft Brown Scale and Spider Mites on Houseplants – Planttalk #1464 Spider Mites – Soft Brown Scale and Spider Mites on Houseplants – Planttalk #1464 Spider Plant – Planttalk #1328 Springtails – Planttalk #1481 Stephanotis – Planttalk #1342 Succulents – Planttalk #1329 Temperature – Houseplants: Temperature and Humidity – Planttalk #1317 Tri–Color Wax Plant – Planttalk #1344 Vegetables – Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse – GardenNotes #723 Watering – Houseplants: Watering – Planttalk #1318 Weeping Fig – Planttalk #1330 Whitefly – Greenhouse Whitefly – Planttalk #1448 Whitish Crust on Potting Mixes – Planttalk #1338 Zebra Plant – Planttalk #1340

How Plant Grow (Botany)
o o o o o o o o o o o Horticulture Classification Terms – GardenNotes #121 How Plants Grow: Homework – GardenNotes #147 How Plants Grow: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #120 Plant Growth: Hormones – GardenNotes #145 Plant Growth: Light – GardenNotes #142 Plant Growth: Photosynthesis, Respiration and Transpiration – GardenNotes #141 Plant Growth: Temperature – GardenNotes #143 Plant Growth: Water – GardenNotes #144 Plant Structures: Cells, Tissues, and Structures – GardenNotes #131 Plant Structures: Flowers – GardenNotes #135 Plant Structures: Fruit – GardenNotes #136 001-10

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Insects / Entomology
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Abnormal and Distorted Plant Growth – Planttalk #2101 Ants – Planttalk #1401 Ants and Landscape Plants – Planttalk #1420 Ants – Carpenter Ants – Fact Sheet #5.554 Ants in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.518 Aphids – Planttalk #1402 Aphids on Shade Trees and Ornamentals – Fact Sheet #5.511 Apple and Pear Insects – Fact Sheet #5.519 Apple and Pear Insects – Backyard Orchard: Apples and Pears – Fact Sheet #2.800 Ash Borer – Shade Tree Borers – Fact Sheet #5.530 Ash Borer – Planttalk #1425 Ash Plant Bug – Planttalk #1434 Ash Plant Bug – Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – Fact Sheet #5.557 Ash Sawfly – Planttalk #1455 Ash Sawfly – Brown Headed Ash Sawfly – Fact Sheet #5.586 Bacillus thuringiensis – Fact Sheet #5.556 Backyard Orchard: Apples and Pears [pest management] – Fact Sheet #2.800 Backyard Orchard: Stone Fruits [pest management] – Fact Sheet #2.804 Bagworms – Snailcase Bagworm – Fact Sheet #5.580 Bark Beetles (Evergreens)– Planttalk #1469 Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.574 Bed, Bat and Swallow Bugs – Planttalk #1470 Bed Bugs – Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.574 Bees – Nuisance Wasps and Bees – Fact Sheet #5.525 Bees and Pollination – Planttalk #1404 Beneficial Insects – Planttalk #1421 Beneficial Insects and Other Arthropods – Fact Sheet #5.550 Beneficials – Insect Parasitic Nematodes for Insect Control – Fact Sheet #5.573 Billbugs and White Grubs – Fact Sheet #5.516 Biting Flies – Fact Sheet #5.582 Black Widow Spider – Western Widow Spider – Fact Sheet #5.605 Borers – Shade Tree Borers – Fact Sheet #5.530 Borers – Ash Borer – Planttalk #1425 Borers – Oak Borer – Planttalk #1477 Borers – Peach Tree Borer – Fact Sheet #5.566 Borers – Pigeon Tremex Horntail and Giant Ichneumon Wasp – Fact Sheet #5.604 Borers – Pinon Pine "Pitch Mass" Borer – Planttalk #1456 Borers – Tree Borers – Planttalk #1417 Box Elder Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.522 Box Elder Bugs – Planttalk #1405 Brown-Headed Ash Sawfly – Fact Sheet #5.586 Brown Recluse Spiders in Colorado – Fact Sheet #5.607 Carpenter Ants – Fact Sheet #5.554 Carpet Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.549 Caterpillars – Gypsy Moth – Fact Sheet #5.539 Caterpillars – Pine Tip Moths – Fact Sheet #5.529 001-11

Entomology / Insects (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Caterpillars – Ponderosa Pine Budworm – Fact Sheet #5.567 Caterpillars – Tent Caterpillar – Planttalk #1484 Caterpillars – Tent–Making Caterpillars – Fact Sheet #5.583 Caterpillars – Tobacco Budworm – Planttalk #1419 Caterpillars – Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm – Fact Sheet #5.581 Caterpillars – Western Spruce Budworms – Fact Sheet #5.543 Caterpillars – Woollybear Caterpillar – Planttalk #1409 Centipedes – Millipedes, Centipedes and Sowbugs – Fact Sheet #5.552 Cicadas – Fact Sheet #5.590 Clothes Moths: Identification and Control in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.599 Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #5.505 Clover Mites – Planttalk #1408 Cockroaches – Fact Sheet #5.553 Cockroaches – Planttalk #1413 Colorado Tick's and Tick–Borne Diseases – Fact Sheet #5.593 Conifer Seed Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.588 Cooley Spruce Gall – Planttalk #1432 Cooley Spruce Galls – Fact Sheet #5.534 Corn Earworm – Planttalk #1468 Douglas–Fir Tussock Moth – Planttalk #1422 Douglas–Fir Tussock Moths – Fact Sheet #5.542 Earwigs – European Earwigs – Fact Sheet #5.533 Earwigs – Planttalk #1472 Elm Leaf Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.521 European Earwigs – Fact Sheet #5.533 European Paper Wasp – Planttalk #1473 European Paper Wasps – Fact Sheet #5.611 False Chinch Bug – Fact Sheet #5.603 Firewood and House Log Insects in Colorado – Fact Sheet #5.563 Flea Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.592 Flea Beetles on Vegetables – Planttalk #1446 Fleas and Plague – Fact Sheet #5.600 Flies – Biting Flies – Fact Sheet #5.582 Flies in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.502 Food – Indian Meal Moths – Fact Sheet #5.598 Food – Insect Pests of Home-Stored Food – Fact Sheet #5.501 Forest Fires – Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires – Fact Sheet #6.309 Fungus Gnats – Planttalk #1445 Fungus Gnats as Houseplant and Indoor Pests – Fact Sheet #5.584 Galls – Ash Plant Bug – Planttalk #1434 Galls – Cooley Spruce Gall – Planttalk #1432 Galls – Cooley Spruce Galls – Fact Sheet #5.534 Galls – Honeylocust Plant Bug – Planttalk #1454 Galls – Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – Fact Sheet #5.557 Galls – Poplar Twig–Gall Fly – Fact Sheet #5.579 Galls – Poplar Twig–Gall Fly – Planttalk #1437 Grasshopper Control in Gardens and Small Acreages – Fact Sheet #5.536 Grasshoppers – Planttalk #1447 Greenhouse Whitefly – Fact Sheet #5.587 Greenhouse Whitefly – Planttalk #1448 Gypsy Moth – Fact Sheet #5.539 Harlequin Bugs – Planttalk #1474 Hawthorne Mealybug – Planttalk #1457 Honey Bees Swarm in House – Planttalk #1475 Honeylocust – Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – Fact Sheet #5.571 Honeylocust Plant Bug – Planttalk #1454 Hornworms and Hummingbird Moths – Fact Sheet #5.517 Horsehair Worms – Planttalk #1453 001-12

Entomology / Insects (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Houseplants – Managing Houseplant Pests – Fact Sheet #5.595 Houseplants – Mealybugs on Houseplants – Planttalk #1466 Houseplants – Soft Brown Scale and Spider Mites on Houseplants – Planttalk #1464 Identifying Insects: Homework – GardenNotes #317 Identifying Insects – Insect Anatomy and Growth – GardenNotes #312 Identifying Insects – Insect Orders – GardenNotes #313 Identifying Insects – Key 1 – Common Garden Insects – GardenNotes #314 Identifying Insects – Key 2 – Insect Orders – GardenNotes #315 Identifying Insects: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #310 Identifying Insects – Taxonomy of Arthropods (Insects and Insect Relatives) – GardenNotes #311 Identifying Insects: Worksheet – GardenNotes #316 Indian Meal Moths – Fact Sheet #5.598 Insect Anatomy and Growth – GardenNotes #312 Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – Fact Sheet #5.557 Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – Fact Sheet #5.571 Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Insect Control: Soaps and Detergents – Fact Sheet #5.547 Insect Orders – GardenNotes #313 Insect Pests of Home-Stored Food – Fact Sheet #5.501 Insecticides – Bacillus thuringiensis – Fact Sheet #5.556 Insecticides – Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Insecticides – Insect Control: Soaps and Detergents – Fact Sheet #5.547 Insecticides – Pesticides: Disposal – Planttalk #1426 Insecticides – Pesticides: Natural Products – Planttalk #1427 Insecticides – Pesticides: Poisoning and First Aid – Planttalk #1428 Insecticides – Pesticides: Safety – Planttalk #1429 Insecticides – Pesticides: Toxicity – Planttalk #1430 Insecticides – Pesticides: Who Can Use – Planttalk #1431 Insecticides – Soaps and Detergents – Fact Sheet #5.547 Insects and Diseases Associated with Forest Fires – Fact Sheet #6.309 Insects Over-Wintering – Planttalk #1440 IPM and PHC: What Are They? – Planttalk #1461 IPM: Plant Health Care – GardenNotes #101 Ips Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.558 Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Key 1: Common Garden Insects – GardenNotes #314 Key 2: Insect Orders – GardenNotes #315 Lady Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.594 Lawn Insects – Planttalk #1514 Leafcutter Bees – Fact Sheet #5.576 Leafmining Insects – Fact Sheet #5.548 Leafhoppers on Lawns – Fact Sheet #5.608 Managing Houseplant Pests – Fact Sheet #5.595 Mantids of Colorado – Fact Sheet #5.510 Mealybugs on Houseplants – Planttalk #1466 Miller Moths – Fact Sheet #5.597 Miller Moths – Planttalk #1462 Millipedes, Centipedes and Sowbugs – Fact Sheet #5.552 Mites – Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #5.505 Mites – Spider Mites – Fact Sheet #5.507 Mites – Spider Mites – Planttalk #1416 Mites on Turfgrass – Planttalk #1467 Mosquito Management – Fact Sheet #5.526 Mosquitoes – Safe Mosquito Control – Planttalk #2029 Moths in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.572 Mountain Pine Beetle – Planttalk #1424 Mountain Pine Beetle and Bark Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.528 001-13

Entomology / Insects (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Nematodes – Insect Parasitic Nematodes for Insect Control – Fact Sheet #5.573 Nuisance Wasps and Bees – Fact Sheet #5.525 Oak Borer – Planttalk #1477 Oyster Shell Scale – Fact Sheet #5.513 Oyster Shell Scale – Planttalk #1414 Peach Tree Borer – Fact Sheet #5.566 Pear Slug – Fact Sheet #5.560 Pesticides: Disposal – Planttalk #1426 Pesticides: Natural Products – Planttalk #1427 Pesticides: Poisoning and First Aid – Planttalk #1428 Pesticides: Safety – Planttalk #1429 Pesticides: Toxicity – Planttalk #1430 Pesticides: Who Can Use – Planttalk #1431 Pigeon Tremex Horntail and Giant Ichneumon Wasp – Fact Sheet #5.604 Pine Tip Moths – Fact Sheet #5.529 Pinon Decline – Planttalk #1465 Pinon Pine Diseases and Insects – Fact Sheet #2.948 Pinon Pine "Pitch Mass" Borer – Planttalk #1456 Plant Health Care (IPM) – GardenNotes #101 Ponderosa Pine Budworm – Fact Sheet #5.567 Ponderosa Pine Needle Miners – Fact Sheet #5.544 Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – Fact Sheet #5.579 Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – Planttalk #1437 Potato or Tomato Psyllids – Fact Sheet #5.540 Psyllids – Planttalk #1458 Psyllids – Potato or Tomato Psyllids – Fact Sheet #5.540 Raspberry Cane Borer – Planttalk #1478 Root Weevils – Fact Sheet #5.551 Rose Cane Borer – Planttalk #1463 Safe Mosquito Control – Planttalk #2029 Sawflies on Evergreens – Planttalk #1439 Sawfly – Ash Sawfly – Planttalk #1455 Sawfly – Brown Headed Ash Sawfly – Fact Sheet #5.586 Scale – Oyster Shell Scale – Fact Sheet #5.513 Scale – Oyster Shell Scale – Planttalk #1414 Scale Insects Affecting Conifers – Fact Sheet #5.514 Scale Insects on Pine – Planttalk #1418 Shade Tree Borers – Fact Sheet #5.530 Slugs – Fact Sheet #5.515 Slugs – Planttalk #1436 Snailcase Bagworm – Fact Sheet #5.580 Soaps and Detergents – Fact Sheet #5.547 Soft Brown Scale and Spider Mites on Houseplants – Planttalk #1464 Solitary Bee – Planttalk #1480 Sowbugs – Millipedes, Centipedes and Sowbugs – Fact Sheet #5.552 Spider Mites – Fact Sheet #5.507 Spider Mites – Planttalk #1416 Spiders – Brown Recluse Spiders in Colorado – Fact Sheet #5.607 Spiders – Western Widow Spider – Fact Sheet #5.605 Spiders in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.512 Springtails – Fact Sheet #5.602 Springtails – Planttalk #1481 Squash Bugs – Planttalk #1482 Strawberry Insects and Diseases – Planttalk #1441 Sunspider – Planttalk #1483 Sunspiders (Windscorpions) – Fact Sheet #5.589 Tent Caterpillar – Planttalk #1484 Tent-Making Caterpillars – Fact Sheet #5.583 001-14

Entomology / Insects (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Termites – Fact Sheet #5.532 Ticks – Colorado Tick's and Tick–Borne Diseases – Fact Sheet #5.593 Tobacco Budworm – Planttalk #1419 Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm – Fact Sheet #5.581 Tree Borers – Planttalk #1417 Vegetable Seeding Pests – Planttalk #1410 Wasps – European Paper Wasp – Planttalk #1473 Wasps – European Paper Wasps – Fact Sheet #5.611 Wasps – Nuisance Wasps and Bees – Fact Sheet #5.525 Western Spruce Budworms – Fact Sheet #5.543 Western Widow Spider – Fact Sheet #5.605 White Grubs – Billbugs and White Grubs – Fact Sheet #5.516 Whitefly – Greenhouse Whitefly – Fact Sheet #5.587 Whitefly – Greenhouse Whitefly – Planttalk #1448 Windscorpions – Sunspiders (Windscorpions) – Fact Sheet #5.589 Western Widow Spider – Fact Sheet #5.605 Wolf Spider – Planttalk #1485 Woollybear Caterpillars – Planttalk #1409 Zimmerman Pine Moths – Fact Sheet #5.591 Zimmerman Pine Moth – Planttalk #1459

Household and Biting Insects
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Ants – Carpenter Ants – Fact Sheet #5.554 Ants in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.518 Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.574 Bed, Bat and Swallow Bugs – Planttalk #1470 Bed Bugs – Bat Bugs and Bed Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.574 Bees – Nuisance Wasps and Bees – Fact Sheet #5.525 Biting Flies – Fact Sheet #5.582 Black Widow Spider – Western Widow Spider – Fact Sheet #5.605 Box Elder Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.522 Box Elder Bugs – Planttalk #1405 Brown Recluse Spiders in Colorado – Fact Sheet #5.607 Carpenter Ants – Fact Sheet #5.554 Carpet Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.549 Clothes Moths: Identification and Control in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.599 Cockroaches – Fact Sheet #5.553 Cockroaches – Planttalk #1413 Colorado Ticks and Tick–Borne Diseases – Fact Sheet #5.593 European Paper Wasps – Fact Sheet #5.611 False Chinch Bug – Fact Sheet #5.603 Firewood and House Log Insects in Colorado – Fact Sheet #5.563 Fleas and Plague – Fact Sheet #5.600 Flies in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.502 Flies – Biting Flies – Fact Sheet #5.582 Food – Insect Pests of Home-Stored Food – Fact Sheet #5.501 Food – Indian Meal Moths – Fact Sheet #5.598 Fungus Gnats – Planttalk #1445 Fungus Gnats at Houseplant and Indoor Pests – Fact Sheet #5.584 Honey Bees Swarm in House – Planttalk #1475 Houseplants – Managing Houseplant Pests – Fact Sheet #5.595 Indian Meal Moths – Fact Sheet #5.598 Insect Pests of Home-Stored Food – Fact Sheet #5.501 Managing Houseplant Pests – Fact Sheet #5.595

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Household and Biting Insects (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Miller Moths – Fact Sheet #5.597 Miller Moths – Planttalk #1462 Mosquito Management – Fact Sheet #5.526 Mosquitoes – Safe Mosquito Control – Planttalk #2029 Moths in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.572 Nuisance Wasps and Bees – Fact Sheet #5.525 Root Weevils – Fact Sheet #5.551 Safe Mosquito Control – Planttalk #2029 Spiders – Brown Recluse Spiders in Colorado – Fact Sheet #5.607 Spiders in the Home – Fact Sheet #5.512 Spiders – Western Widow Spider – Fact Sheet #5.605 Springtails – Fact Sheet #5.602 Sunspider – Planttalk #1483 Sunspiders (Windscorpions) – Fact Sheet #5.589 Termites – Fact Sheet #5.532 Ticks – Colorado Ticks and Tick–Borne Diseases – Fact Sheet #5.593 Wasps – European Paper Wasps – Fact Sheet #5.611 Wasps – Nuisance Wasps and Bees – Fact Sheet #5.525 Western Widow Spider – Fact Sheet #5.605 Wolf Spider – Planttalk #1485

Irrigation Management
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Automatic Sprinkler System Overview – Planttalk #2201 Colorado’s Water Situation, GardenNotes #261 Converting Inches to Minutes, GardenNotes #266 Drip Irrigation for Home Gardens – Fact Sheet #4.702 Efficient Irrigation – Planttalk #1903 Graywater Reuse and Rainwater Harvesting – Fact Sheet #6.702 Irrigation Equipment, GardenNotes #264 Irrigation Management: Reference and Review Questions, GardenNotes #260 Irrigation: Inspecting and Correcting Turf Irrigation Systems – Fact Sheet #4.722 Methods to Schedule Home Lawn Irrigation, GardenNotes #265 Rainwater – Graywater Reuse and Rainwater Harvesting – Fact Sheet #6.702 Understanding Irrigation Management Factors, GardenNotes #263 Water Conservation In and Around the Home – Fact Sheet #9.952 Water Movement Through the Landscape, GardenNotes #262 Watering Colorado Soils – Planttalk #1621 Watering Efficiently, GardenNotes #267 Watering Established Lawns – Fact Sheet #7.199 Worksheet: Home Lawn Irrigation Check-Up, GardenNotes #268

Landscape Design
o o o o o o o o Attracting Birds – Planttalk #1702 Birds – Attracting Birds – Planttalk #1702 Butterfly Gardening – Planttalk #1121 Challenging Areas – Planttalk #1109 Color – Combining Colors – Planttalk #1113 Color – Using Color in the Landscape – Planttalk #1110 Color – Using Hot Colors or Pastels – Planttalk #1111 Color in the Rock Garden – Planttalk #1106 001-16

Landscape Design (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Colorado Garden Style – Planttalk #1101 Combining Colors – Planttalk #1113 Container Gardening: Containers – Planttalk #1102 Container Gardening: Designing – Planttalk #1114 Design Considerations – Planttalk #1103 Designing a Rock Garden – Planttalk #1115 Designing for Shade – Planttalk #1126 Flower Bed Dimensions – Planttalk #1124 Formal Residential Design – Planttalk #1123 Front Entry Design – Planttalk #1116 Kinds of Shade – Planttalk #1127 Landscape Lighting – Planttalk #1104 Landscaping and the Law – Planttalk #1105 Landscaping for Energy Conservation – Fact Sheet #7.225 Lighting – Landscape Lighting – Planttalk #1104 Retaining Wall Basics – Planttalk #1117 Retaining Wall Design Considerations – Planttalk #1118 Selecting a Designer – Planttalk #1107 Selecting Plants – Planttalk #1119 Shade Garden Perennials – Planttalk #1108 Shade Gardening – Planttalk #1125 Sustainable Landscapes – Fact Sheet #7.243 Tree Placement Tips – Planttalk #1120 Tree Placement: Right Plant Right Place – GardenNotes #631 Tree Selection: Right Plant Right Place – GardenNotes #632 Using Color in the Landscape – Planttalk #1110 Using Hot Colors or Pastels – Planttalk #1111 Visual Screens – Planttalk #1122 Water Considerations – Planttalk #1112 Water Wise Landscape Design: Design Steps – GardenNotes #411 Water Wise Landscape Design: Homework – GardenNotes #415 Water Wise Landscape Design: Design Principles– GardenNotes #413 Water Wise Landscape Design: Reference and Review Questions – GardenNotes #410 Water Wise Landscape Design: Selecting Turf Options – GardenNotes #412 Water Wise Landscape Design: Worksheet – GardenNotes #414 Watering Efficiently, GardenNotes #267

Lawns
Lawn Care
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Aeration – Lawn Aeration – Planttalk #1505 Aeration – Lawn Aeration During Drought – Planttalk #1534 Aeration – Lawn Care – Fact Sheet #7.202 Basic Turf Management Principles – GardenNotes #551 Brown Tacks and Wheel Marks – Planttalk #1501 Choosing a Lawn Care Company – Planttalk #1502 Dog Spots – Planttalk #1503 Dog Urine Damage on Lawns: Causes, Cures and Prevention – GardenNotes #553 Earthworm and Nightcrawlers in the Home Lawn – GardenNotes #554 Eliminate Grass Clipping Collection – Fact Sheet #7.007 Efficient Lawn Watering – Planttalk #1532 Fall Lawn Fertilization – Planttalk #1523 Fall Lawn Fertilization During Drought – Planttalk #1535 Fertilizing – Fall Lawn Fertilization – Planttalk #1523 001-17

Lawn Care (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Fertilizing – Fall Lawn Fertilization During Drought – Planttalk #1535 Fertilizing – Lawn Care – Fact Sheet #7.202 Fertilizing Lawns in Spring and Summer – Planttalk #1533 Grass Clippings – Planttalk #1504 Growing Grass in the Shade – Planttalk #1518 Growing Turf on Salt-Affected Sites – Fact Sheet #7.227 Irrigation: Inspecting and Correcting Turf Irrigation Systems – Fact Sheet #4.722 Lawn Aeration – Planttalk #1505 Lawn Aeration During Drought – Planttalk #1534 Lawn Care – Fact Sheet #7.202 Lawn Mower Maintenance – Planttalk #2015 Lumpy Lawn – Planttalk #1508 Eliminate Grass Clipping Collection – Fact Sheet #7.007 Mowing – Eliminate Grass Clipping Collection – Fact Sheet #7.007 Mowing – Grass Clippings – Planttalk #1504 Mowing Guidelines – Planttalk #1515 Mowing – Lawn Care – Fact Sheet #7.202 Mowing – Lawn Mower Maintenance – Planttalk #2015 Operating and Maintaining a Home Irrigation System – Fact Sheet #7.239 Power Raking – Lawn Care – Fact Sheet #7.202 Renovating the Home Lawn – Fact Sheet #7.241 Salt – Growing Turf on Salt-Affected Sites – Fact Sheet #7.227 Shade – Growing Grass in the Shade – Planttalk #1518 Thatch – Planttalk #1520 Thatch – Lawn Care – Fact Sheet #7.202 Trails or Burrows – Planttalk #1510 Tree Roots – Planttalk #1507 Turf Management: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #550 Water Absorbing Polymers: Lawns – Planttalk #1624

Establishment – Seeding and Sodding – Species Selection
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Alkaligrass – Planttalk #1536 Artificial Turf for Lawns – Planttalk #1537

Best Turf Varieties: Variety Recommendations for Bluegrass, Ryegrass, Tall Fescue, Fine Fescue, Buffalograss and Bermudagrass, GardenNotes #562

Bluegrass – Hybrid (Kentucky X Texas) Bluegrass for Turf Use in Colorado – GardenNotes #563 Buffalo Grass Lawns – Planttalk #1512 Buffalograss Lawns – GardenNotes #565 Choosing a Lawn Grass in Colorado – Planttalk #1521 Drought Tolerance of Kentucky Bluegrass – Planttalk #1540 Fall Planting of Sod – Planttalk #1539 Fine Fescues for Lawns – GardenNotes #564 Hybrid (Kentucky X Texas) Bluegrass for Turf Use in Colorado – GardenNotes #563 Seeding a Lawn – Planttalk #1516 Sodding a Lawn – Planttalk #1517 Sources of Grass Seed, Sod, and Plugs for Colorado Lawns – GardenNotes #566 Tall Fescue Lawns – Planttalk #1519 Turfgrass Species Selection Guide – GardenNotes #561 Water Wise Landscape Design: Selecting Turf – GardenNotes #412 Zoysia Grass – Planttalk #1511

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Insects and Diseases of Lawns
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Ascochyta Leaf Blight of Turf – Fact Sheet #2.901 Billbugs and White Grubs – Fact Sheet #5.516 Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #5.505 Clover Mites – Planttalk #1408

Dog Urine Damage on Lawns: Causes, Cures and Prevention, GardenNotes #553
Dollar Spot Disease of Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #2.933 Dollar Spot of Turfgrass – Planttalk #1522 Earthworm and Nightcrawlers in the Home Lawn, GardenNotes #554 Fairy Ring – Mushrooms and Fairy Ring – Planttalk #1506 Insects – Planttalk #1514 Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Leaf Blight of Turf – Planttalk #1527 Leaf Spot and Melting Out – Planttalk #1524 Leafhoppers on Lawns – Fact Sheet #5.608 Mites – Clover and Other Mites of Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #5.505 Mites on Turfgrass – Planttalk #1467 Mushrooms and Fairy Rings – Planttalk #1506 Necrotic Ring Spot in Turfgrass – Fact Sheet #2.900 Necrotic Ring Spot on Kentucky Bluegrass – Planttalk #1528 Patchy Lawn – Planttalk #1509 Slime Mold – Planttalk #1435 White Grubs – Billbugs and White Grubs – Fact Sheet #5.516

Irrigation
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Automatic Sprinkler System Overview – Planttalk #2201 Colorado’s Water Situation, GardenNotes #261 Converting Inches to Minutes, GardenNotes #266 Efficient Irrigation – Planttalk #1903 Irrigation Equipment, GardenNotes #264

Irrigation Management: Reference and Review Questions, GardenNotes #260
Irrigation: Inspecting and Correcting Turf Irrigation Systems – Fact Sheet #4.722 Lawn Care – Fact Sheet #7.202 Methods to Schedule Home Lawn Irrigation, GardenNotes #265 Operating and Maintaining a Home Irrigation System – Fact Sheet #7.239 Understanding Irrigation Management Factors, GardenNotes #263 Water Movement Through the Landscape, GardenNotes #262 Watering Efficiently, GardenNotes #267 Watering Established Lawns – Fact Sheet #7.199 Worksheet: Home Lawn Irrigation Check-Up, GardenNotes #268

Weed Management of Lawns
o o o o o o o o o o o Bermuda Grass in Lawns and Gardens – Planttalk #1531 Broadleaf Weed Control in Lawns – GardenNotes #552 Control of Annual Weedy Grasses in Home Lawns – Fact Sheet #3.101 Control of Tree Seedlings in Lawn – Planttalk #1538 Controlling Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns – Planttalk #1525 Controlling Weedy Grasses in Lawns – Planttalk #1530 Crabgrass – Planttalk #1513 Crabgrass – Preemergent Herbicides for Crabgrass Prevention in Lawns – Planttalk #1541 Fall Lawn Weed Control – Planttalk #1526 Grassy Weed Control in Lawn – Fact Sheet #3.101 Preemergent Herbicides for Crabgrass Prevention in Lawns – Planttalk #1541 001-19

Weed Management of Lawns (continued) o o Tall Fescue as a Weed in Bluegrass Lawns – Planttalk #1529 White Clover Control – Planttalk #1542

Miscellaneous
o o o o o o o o o o o Additional Information: Green Industry Organization – Planttalk #2003 Additional Information: Plant Societies – Planttalk #2004 Additional Information: Sources – Planttalk #2005 Colorado Gardening: A Challenge to Newcomers – Fact Sheet #7.220 Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Commonly Used Plant Terms – Planttalk #2008 Gardening as a Renter – Planttalk #2011 Misleading Plant Advertisements – Planttalk #2021 Mountain – Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Tools: Maintenance – Planttalk #2010 Treated Lumber in Gardening – Planttalk #2030

Plant Propagation and Seeds
o o o o o Growing Plants from Seed – Fact Sheet #7.409 Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs – GardenNotes #712 Seed Storage – Planttalk #2020 Starting Plants Indoors – Planttalk #1034 Storing of Vegetable and Flower Seeds – Fact Sheet #7.221

Soils, Fertilizers and Soil Amendments
Fertilizers
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Calculating Fertilizer Rates – GardenNotes, #233 Epson Salts and Wood Ashes – Planttalk #1601 Fertilizers – Planttalk #1608 Fertilizing Fruit Trees – Fact Sheet #7.612 Fruit Trees – Fertilizing Fruit Trees – Fact Sheet #7.612 Gypsum – Planttalk #1602 Iron Chlorosis – GardenNotes #223 Iron Chlorosis – Planttalk #2115 Iron Chlorosis in Trees – Planttalk #2121 Nitrogen Sources and Transformations – Fact Sheet #0.550 Nutrition: Plant Nutrition – GardenNotes #231 Organic Fertilizers – GardenNotes #234 Organic Materials as Nitrogen Fertilizers – Fact Sheet #0.546 Organic vs. Manufactured Fertilizers – Planttalk1619 Phosphate Fertilizers and Water Pollution – Planttalk #1620 Plant Nutrition – GardenNotes #231 Selecting an Analytical Laboratory – Fact Sheet #0.520 Soil Tests – GardenNotes #221 Soil Tests – Selecting an Analytical Laboratory – Fact Sheet #0.520 Soils, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #210 Soils, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments: Homework – GardenNotes #253 Understanding Fertilizers – CMG GardenNotes, #232

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Soil Amendments
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Choosing A Soil Amendment – Fact Sheet #7.235 Compost – Making Compost – CMG GardenNotes #246 Compost – Using Compost – CMG GardenNotes #243 Composting Yard Waste – Fact Sheet #7.212 Composting: Fall Leaves – Planttalk #1612 Composting: Making – Planttalk #1613 Composting: Structures – Planttalk #1623 Composting: Using – Planttalk #1614 Composting: What Can Be Composted – Planttalk #1615 Composting: Worm Composting – Planttalk #1622 Cover Crops – Planttalk #1616 Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops – CMG GardenNotes #244 Cover Crops: Winter Rye – Planttalk #1607 Earthworms – CMG GardenNotes #218 E coli – Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – Fact Sheet #9.369 Epson Salts and Wood Ashes – Planttalk #1601 Green Manure Crops – Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops – CMG GardenNotes #244 Gypsum – Planttalk #1602 Making Compost – CMG GardenNotes #246 Manure and Soil Improvement – Planttalk #1618 Manure – Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – Fact Sheet #9.369 Manure – Using Manure – CMG GardenNotes #242 Organic Soil Amendments – Planttalk #1604 Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – Fact Sheet #9.369 Soil Amendments – CMG GardenNotes #241 Soils, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #210 Soils, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments: Homework – GardenNotes #253 The Living Soil – CMG GardenNotes #212 Using Compost – CMG GardenNotes #243 Using Manure – CMG GardenNotes #242 Wood Ashes – Epson Salts and Wood Ashes – Planttalk #1601

Soil Management
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Colorado Gardening: A Challenge to Newcomers – Fact Sheet #7.220 Compaction – Soil Compaction – CMG GardenNotes #215 Compost – Using Compost – CMG GardenNotes #243 Cover Crops and Green Manure Crops – CMG GardenNotes #244 Diagnosing Saline and Sodic Soil Problems – Fact Sheet #0.521 Drainage – Soil Drainage – CMG GardenNotes #219 Earthworms – CMG GardenNotes #218 Estimating Soil Texture – CMG GardenNotes #214 Expansive Soils – Landscaping on Expansive Soils – Fact Sheet #7.236 Expansive Soils – Planttalk #1617 Iron Chlorosis – CMG GardenNotes #223 Iron Chlorosis – Planttalk #2115 Iron Chlorosis in Trees – Planttalk #2121 Landscaping on Expansive Soils – Fact Sheet #7.236 Maintaining Healthy Soils – Planttalk #1603 Managing Saline Soils – Fact Sheet #0.503 Managing Sodic Soils – Fact Sheet #0.504 Managing Soil Tilth – CMG GardenNotes #213 Mulches for Home Grounds – Fact Sheet #7.214 Mulches for the Vegetable Garden – CMG GardenNotes #715 Mulching – Organic Mulches – Planttalk #1609 Mulching with Wood/Bark Chips, Grass Clippings and Rock – CMG GardenNotes #245 001-21

Soil Management (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o pH – Soil pH – CMG GardenNotes #222 Saline Soils – CMG GardenNotes #224 Salt – Diagnosing Saline and Sodic Soil Problems – Fact Sheet #0.521 Salt – Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees – Fact Sheet #7.425 Salt – Managing Saline Soils – Fact Sheet #0.503 Salt – Managing Sodic Soils – Fact Sheet #0.504 Salt – Saline Soils – CMG GardenNotes #224 Salty Soils – Planttalk #1610 Selecting an Analytical Laboratory – Fact Sheet #0.520 Soil Amendments – CMG GardenNotes #241 Soil Compaction – CMG GardenNotes #215 Soil Drainage – CMG GardenNotes #219 Soil pH – CMG GardenNotes #222 Soil Preparation – Planttalk #1605 Soil Tests – CMG GardenNotes #221 Soil Tests – Planttalk #1606 Soil Tests – Selecting an Analytical Laboratory – Fact Sheet #0.520 Soils, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments: Homework – GardenNotes #253 Soils, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #210 Soils, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments: Worksheet – GardenNotes #252 Texture – Estimating Soil Texture – CMG GardenNotes #214 The Living Soil – CMG GardenNotes #212 Using Compost – CMG GardenNotes #243 Water Absorbing Polymers: Lawns – Planttalk #1624 Watering Colorado Soils – Planttalk #1621

Trees and Shrubs
Care of trees and shrubs
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Christmas Trees: Care for Cut Trees – Planttalk #2006 Christmas Trees: Care of Living Trees – Planttalk #2017 Christmas Trees: Recycling – Planttalk #2007 Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Containers – Overwintering Container Plants – Planttalk #2028 Desiccation in Woody Plants – Planttalk #2105 Diagnosing Tree Disorders – GardenNotes #102 Diagnosing Root and Soil Disorders on Landscape Trees – GardenNotes #103 Environmental Disorders of Woody Plants – Fact Sheet #2.932 Fall and Winter Watering – Fact Sheet #7.211 Fall and Winter Watering – Planttalk #1706 Fall and Winter Watering During Drought – Planttalk #1751 Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs – Planttalk #1708 Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs in Fall: During Drought – Planttalk #1752 Fertilizing – When to Fertilize – Planttalk #1720 Gambel Oak Management – Fact Sheet #6.311 Hardening Winter Plants – Planttalk #1731 Healthy Roots and Healthy Trees – Fact Sheet #2.926 Mulching with Wood/Bark Chip, Grass and Rock – CMG GardenNotes #245 Hiring a Tree Care Company – Planttalk #1709 IPM: Plant Health Care – CMG GardenNotes #101 Iron Chlorosis – CMG GardenNotes #223 Iron Chlorosis in Trees – Planttalk #2121

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Care of Trees and Shrubs (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Irrigation – Fall and Winter Watering – Fact Sheet #7.211 Irrigating – Fall and Winter Watering – Planttalk #1706 Irrigating – Fall and Winter Watering During Drought – Planttalk #1751 Irrigation – Watering – Planttalk #1719 Mountain – Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Overwintering Container Plants – Planttalk #2028 Plant Health Care – Planttalk #1739 Plant Health Care (IPM) & Life Cycle of Trees – CMG GardenNotes #101 Roots – Diagnosing Root and Soil Disorders on Landscape Trees – GardenNotes #103 Roots – Healthy Roots and Healthy Trees – Fact Sheet #2.926 Stump Removal – Planttalk #1740 Watering – Planttalk #1719 When to Fertilize – Planttalk #1720 Why Leaves Change Color – Planttalk #1728

Diseases and Abiotic Disorders of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Abnormal and Distorted Plant Growth – Planttalk #2101 Anthracnose – Sycamore Anthracnose – Fact Sheet #2.930 Anthracnose – Sycamore Anthracnose – Planttalk #1406 Aspen and Poplar Leaf Spots – Fact Sheet #2.920 Aspen Leaf Spot – Planttalk #1403 Bacterial Wetwood – Fact Sheet #2.910 Bacterial Wetwood – Planttalk #1438 Canker Diseases on Deciduous Trees – Planttalk #1407 Cytospora – Planttalk #1451 Cytospora Canker – Fact Sheet #2.937 Diagnosing Tree Disorders – CMG GardenNotes #102 Dutch Elm Disease – Planttalk #1423 Fireblight – Planttalk #1411 Honeylocust Diseases – Fact Sheet #2.939 IPM: Plant Health Care – CMG GardenNotes #101 Iron Chlorosis – CMG GardenNotes #223 Iron Chlorosis in Trees – Planttalk #2121 Juniper-Hawthorn Rust – Planttalk #1450 Leaf Scorch – Fact Sheet #2.911 Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees – Fact Sheet #7.425 Marssonina Leaf Spot – Planttalk #1476 Oak Leaf Blister – Planttalk #1449 Plant Health Care – IPM: Plant Health Care and Life Cycle of Trees – CMG GardenNotes #101 Rose Diseases – Planttalk #1433 Salt – Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees – Fact Sheet #7.425 Sunscald of Trees – Planttalk #2111 Sycamore Anthracnose – Fact Sheet #2.930 Sycamore Anthracnose – Planttalk #1406 Tree Leaf Scorch – Planttalk #2112

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Identifying Trees and Shrubs
o o o o o o o Identifying Broadleaf Flowering Trees and Shrubs – GardenNotes #153 Identifying Broadleaf Flowering Trees and Shrubs: Worksheet – GardenNotes #155 Identifying Conifers – GardenNotes #152 Identifying Conifers: Worksheet – GardenNotes #154 Identifying Trees and Shrubs – GardenNotes #151 Identifying Trees and Shrubs: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #150 Taxonomic Classification – GardenNotes #122

Insects of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Abnormal and Distorted Plant Growth – Planttalk #2101 Aphids on Shade Trees and Ornamentals – Fact Sheet #5.511 Ash Borer – Planttalk #1425 Ash Plant Bugs – Planttalk #1434 Ash Sawfly – Planttalk #1455 Bagworms – Snailcase Bagworm – Fact Sheet #5.580 Borers – Ash Borer – Planttalk #1425 Borers – Oak Borer – Planttalk #1477 Borers – Shade Tree Borers – Fact Sheet #5.530 Borers – Tree Borers – Planttalk #1417 Boxelder Bugs – Planttalk #1405 Brown-headed Ash Sawfly – Fact Sheet #5.586 Caterpillars – Gypsy Moth – Fact Sheet #5.539 Caterpillars – Tent Caterpillar – Planttalk #1484 Caterpillars – Tent-Making Caterpillars – Fact Sheet #5.583 Cicadas – Fact Sheet #5.590 Diagnosing Tree Disorders – CMG GardenNotes #102 Elm Leaf Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.521 Galls – Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – Fact Sheet #5.557 Galls – Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – Fact Sheet #5.579 Gypsy Moth – Fact Sheet #5.539 Hawthorne Mealybugs – Planttalk #1457 Honeylocust – Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – Fact Sheet #5.571 Honeylocust Plant Bug – Planttalk #1454 Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Insect and Mite Galls of Woody Plants – Fact Sheet #5.557 Insect and Mite Pests of Honeylocust – Fact Sheet #5.571 Insect Control – Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 IPM: Plant Health Care – CMG GardenNotes #101 Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Leafmining Insects – Fact Sheet #5.548 Oak Borer – Planttalk #1477 Oyster Shell Scale – Fact Sheet #5.513 Oyster Shell Scale – Planttalk #1414 Pear Slug – Fact Sheet #5.560 Plant Health Care (IPM) – CMG GardenNotes #101 Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – Fact Sheet #5.579 Poplar Twig-Gall Fly – Planttalk #1437 Root Weevils – Fact Sheet #5.551 Rose Cane Borer – Planttalk #1463 Sawfly – Ash Sawfly – Planttalk #1455 Sawfly – Brown–headed Ash Sawfly – Fact Sheet #5.586 Scale – Oyster Shell Scale – Fact Sheet #5.513 Shade Tree Borers – Fact Sheet #5.530 Snailcase Bagworm – Fact Sheet #5.580 001-24

Insects of Deciduous Trees and Shrubs (continued) o o o o Spider Mites – Fact Sheet #5.507 Tent Caterpillar – Planttalk #1484 Tent-Making Caterpillars – Fact Sheet #5.583 Tree Borers – Planttalk #1417

Insects and Diseases of Evergreens
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Bark Beetles – Planttalk #1469 Conifer Seed Bugs – Fact Sheet #5.588 Cooley Spruce Gall – Planttalk #1432 Cooley Spruce Galls – Fact Sheet #5.534 Diagnosing Tree Disorders – CMG GardenNotes #102 Douglas-Fir Tussock Moths – Fact Sheet #5.542 Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth – Planttalk #1422 Dwarf Mistletoe – Planttalk #2106 Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Insect Control – Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 IPM: Plant Health Care – CMG GardenNotes #101 Ips Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.558 Juniper Hawthorn Rust – Planttalk #1450 Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees – Fact Sheet #7.425 Mountain Pine Beetle – Planttalk #1424 Mountain Pine Beetle and Bark Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.528 Needle Browning of Evergreens – Planttalk #2123 Pine Tip Moths – Fact Sheet #5.529 Pinon Decline – Planttalk #1465 Pinon Pine Insects and Diseases – Fact Sheet #2.948 Pinon Pine "Pitch Mass" Borer – Planttalk #1456 Plant Health Care (IPM) – CMG GardenNotes #101 Ponderosa Pine Budworm – Fact Sheet #5.567 Ponderosa Pine Needle Miners – Fact Sheet #5.544 Salt – Magnesium Chloride Toxicity in Trees – Fact Sheet #7.425 Sawfly on Evergreens – Planttalk #1439 Scale Insects Affecting Conifers – Fact Sheet #5.514 Scale Insects on Pines – Planttalk #1418 Spider Mites – Fact Sheet #5.507 Western Spruce Budworms – Fact Sheet #5.543 Winter Browning of Evergreens – Planttalk #2114 Zimmerman Pine Moths – Fact Sheet #5.591 Zimmerman Pine Moth – Planttalk #1459

Planting Trees and Shrubs
o o o o o o o o o o o Buying Trees and Shrubs – Planttalk #1703 Care of Recently Planted Trees – GardenNotes #635 Fall Planting – Planttalk #1707 Planting Trees and Shrubs – Planttalk #1711 Preparing the Planting Site – Planttalk #1712 The Science of Planting Trees – GardenNotes #633 Transplanting Trees and Shrubs – Planttalk #1717 Tree Placement: Right Plant, Right Place – GardenNotes #631 Tree Planting – The Science of Planting Trees – GardenNotes #633 Tree Planting Steps – GardenNotes #636 Tree Planting: Homework – GardenNotes #637 001-25

Planting Trees and Shrubs (continued) o o o o Tree Planting: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #630 Tree Selection: Right Plant, Right Place – GardenNotes #632 Tree Staking and Underground Stabilization – GardenNotes #634 Watering recently planted trees – Care of Recently Planted Trees – GardenNotes #635

Pruning Trees and Shrubs
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Developing Strong Branch Unions – CMG GardenNotes #612 Pruning Cuts – CMG GardenNotes #613 Pruning Evergreens – CMG GardenNotes #618 Pruning Flowering Shrubs – CMG GardenNotes #619 Pruning: Homework – GardenNotes #620 Pruning Maturing Shade Trees – CMG GardenNotes #616 Pruning Shade Trees – Planttalk #1724 Pruning Shrubs – Planttalk #1713 Pruning: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #610 Renewing Shrubs – Planttalk #1729 Structural Pruning on Maturing Shade Trees – GardenNotes #617 Structural Training of Young Shade Trees – CMG GardenNotes #614 Structural Training Summary (2 page summary) – CMG GardenNotes #615 Tree Growth and Decay – CMG GardenNotes #611 When to Prune Trees – Planttalk #1730 Why Prune Shade Trees? – Planttalk #1721 Wound Dressing – Planttalk #1753

Selection of Trees, Shrubs and Vines
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Apache Plume – Planttalk #1742 Ash Trees – Planttalk #1735 Aspen Trees – Planttalk #1701 Attracting Birds – Planttalk #1702 Austrees – Planttalk #1738 Birds – Attracting Birds – Planttalk #1702 Crabapple – Flowering Crabapple – Planttalk #1747 Crabapple – Flowering Crabapple Trees – Fact Sheet #7.424 Creeping Oregon Grape – Planttalk #1737 Deciduous Shrubs – Fact Sheet #7.415 Dwarf and Specialty Conifers – Planttalk #1704 Elm Trees – Planttalk #1746 Evergreen Shrubs – Fact Sheet #7.414 Evergreen Trees – Fact Sheet #7.403 Evergreen Trees for Colorado Landscapes – Planttalk #1722 Fall and Winter Interest – Planttalk #1705 Flowering Crabapple – Planttalk #1747 Flowering Crabapple Trees – Fact Sheet #7.424 Goldenrain Tree – Planttalk #1744 Holly – Planttalk #1732 IPM: Plant Health Care – CMG GardenNotes #101 Large Deciduous Trees for Street and Shade – Fact Sheet #7.419 Linden Trees – Planttalk #1734 Maple Trees – Planttalk #1733 Mountain – Trees and Shrubs for Mountain Areas – Fact Sheet #7.423 Native Plants – Planttalk #1710 Native Shrubs for Colorado Landscapes – Fact Sheet #7.422 001-26

Selection of Trees and Shrubs (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Native Trees for Colorado Landscapes – Fact Sheet #7.421 New and Under-Used Shrubs – Planttalk #1723 Oak Trees – Planttalk #1736 Pinon – Planttalk #1748 Plant Health Care (IPM) & Life Cycle of Trees – CMG GardenNotes #101 Rabbitbrush – Planttalk #1741 Rose of Sharon – Planttalk #1749 Roses – Selecting and Planting Roses – Fact Sheet #7.404 Roses: Basics – Planttalk #1725 Roses: Shrub Roses – Planttalk #1745 Roses: Winter Care – Planttalk #1726 Russian Olive Alternatives – Planttalk #1750 Selecting Shrubs – Planttalk #1714 Selecting Trees – Planttalk #1715 Shade – Trees and Shrubs for Shady Areas – Planttalk #1718 Small Deciduous Trees – Fact Sheet #7.418 Small Trees and Utility Lines – Planttalk #1716 Tree Placement: Right Plant Right Place – CMG GardenNotes #631 Tree Selection: Right Plant Right Place – CMG GardenNotes #632 Trees and Shrubs for Mountain Areas – Fact Sheet #7.423 Trees and Shrubs for Shady Areas – Planttalk #1718 Viburnum – Planttalk #1743 Vines for Colorado – Planttalk #1727 Xeriscaping: Trees and Shrubs – Fact Sheet #7.229

Vegetables
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Baby Pumpkins – Planttalk #1801 Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens – CMG GardenNotes #713 Blossom End Rot – Planttalk #1471 Buying and Hardening Transplants – Planttalk #1802 Chile Peppers – Planttalk #1803 Collards – Planttalk #1823 Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Container – Vegetable Gardening in Containers – CMG GardenNotes #724 Cool Season – Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806 Cool Season Leaf Varieties – Planttalk #1804 Corn Earworm – Planttalk #1468 Corn – Sweet Corn – Planttalk #1816 Cucumbers and Squash – Planttalk #1805 Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash and Melons – Fact Sheet #7.609 Cultural Tips for Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1820 Early Blight – Tomato Early Blight – CMG GardenNotes #718 Eggplants – Peppers and Eggplant – Fact Sheet #7.616 False Chinch Bug – Fact Sheet #5.603 Fertilizer – Vegetable Garden: Soil Management and Fertilization – CMG GardenNotes #711 Fertilizing the Vegetable Garden – Fact sheet #7.611 Flea Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.592 Flea Beetles on Vegetables – Planttalk #1446 Frost Protection and Extending the Growing Season – CMG GardenNotes #722 Frosts – Last Spring Frost – Planttalk #2018 Frosts – Spring Frosts and Snow – Planttalk #2013 Garlic – Harvesting Garlic – Planttalk #1827 Grasshopper Control in Yards and Gardens – Fact Sheet #5.536 001-27

Vegetables (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Greenhouse – Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse – CMG GardenNotes #723 Growing Cool Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1806 Growing Great Pumpkins – Planttalk #1807 Growing Onions from Seed – Planttalk #1808 Growing Plants from Seed – Fact Sheet #7.409 Growing Tomatoes – CMG GardenNotes #717 Growing Vegetable in a Hobby Greenhouse – CMG GardenNotes #723 Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809 Hail Damage – Planttalk #2014 Harlequin Bugs – Planttalk #1474 Harvest – Vegetable Harvest Stories – Planttalk #1822 Harvesting and Roasting Sunflower Seeds – Planttalk #1828 Harvesting Garlic – Planttalk #1827 Harvesting Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1810 Harvesting Pumpkins – Planttalk #1829 Herbs – Growing, Preserving and Using Herbs – Fact Sheet #9.335 Home Storage of Vegetables and Flower Seeds – Fact Sheet #7.221 Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Hot Weather Impacts Vegetables – Planttalk #1830 Insect Control: Horticultural Oils – Fact Sheet #5.569 Insects – Flea Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.592 Insects – Grasshopper Control in Yards and Gardens – Fact Sheet #5.536 Insects – Greenhouse Whitefly – Fact Sheet #5.587 Insects – Harlequin Bugs – Planttalk #1474 Insects – Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Insects – Potato or Tomato Psyllids – Fact Sheet #5.540 Irrigating the Vegetable Garden – CMG GardenNotes #714 Italian Kitchen Garden Plants – Planttalk #1047 Japanese Beetles – Fact Sheet #5.601 Kale – Planttalk #1821 Last Spring Frost – Planttalk #2018 Layout – Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens – CMG GardenNotes #713 Leafy Vegetables – Cool Season Leaf Varieties – Planttalk #1804 Leafy Vegetables – Cultural Tips for Leaf Vegetables – Planttalk #1820 Leafy Vegetables – Harvesting Leafy Vegetables – Planttalk #1810 Leafy Vegetables – Health Benefits and Safe Handling of Salad Greens – Fact Sheet #9.373 Leafy Vegetables – Spicy Greens – Planttalk #1815 Manure – Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – Fact Sheet #9.369 Melons – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash and Melons – Fact Sheet #7.609 Mountain – Colorado Mountain Gardening Basics – Fact Sheet #7.244 Mulches for the Vegetable Garden – CMG GardenNotes #715 Onions – Growing Onions from Seed – Planttalk #1808 Parsley – Planttalk #1059 Peppers and Eggplant – Fact Sheet #7.616 Peppers – Chile Peppers – Planttalk #1803 Planning a Vegetable Garden – Planttalk #1811 Planting Guide – Vegetable Planting Guide – CMG GardenNotes #720 Potato or Tomato Psyllids – Fact Sheet #5.540 Preventing E. coli From Garden to Plate – #9.369 Psyllids – Planttalk #1458 Psyllids – Potato or Tomato Psyllids – Fact Sheet #5.540 Pumpkins – Baby Pumpkins – Planttalk #1801 Pumpkins – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash and Melons – Fact Sheet #7.609 Pumpkins – Growing Great Pumpkins – Planttalk #1807 Pumpkins – Harvesting Pumpkins – Planttalk #1829 Raised bed – Block Style Layout in Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens – CMG GardenNotes #713 Raised bed – Sample Planting Guide for Raised-Bed Garden – CMG GardenNotes #721 001-28

Vegetables (continued) o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Raised Bed – Treated Lumber in Gardening – Planttalk #2030 Raised Bed vs. Rows – Planttalk #1812 Recognizing Tomato Problems – Fact Sheet #2.949 Ripening Tomatoes Indoors – Planttalk #1831 Root Vegetables – Planttalk #1813 Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs – CMG GardenNotes #712 Sample Planting Guide for Raised-Bed Garden – CMG GardenNotes #721 Saving Seed – Fact Sheet #7.602 Second Crops – Planttalk #1825 Seed Catalogs – Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs – CMG GardenNotes #712 Seed Storage – Planttalk #2020 Seeding Vegetables – Planttalk #1814 Seeds – Growing Plants from Seed – Fact Sheet #7.409 Seeds – Home Storage of Vegetable and Flower Seeds – Fact Sheet #7.221 Seeds – Saving Seeds – Fact Sheet #7.602 Soils – Vegetable Garden: Soil Management and Fertilization – CMG GardenNotes #711 Spicy Greens – Planttalk #1815 Spring Frosts and Snow – Planttalk #2013 Squash – Cucumbers and Squash – Planttalk #1805 Squash – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash and Melons – Fact Sheet #7.609 Squash Bugs – Planttalk #1482 Storage of Home Grown Vegetables – Fact Sheet #7.601 Sunflower Seeds – Harvesting and Roasting Sunflower Seeds – Planttalk #1828 Sweet Corn – Planttalk #1816 Thyme – Planttalk #1063 Tomato Diseases – Planttalk #1442 Tomato Early Blight – CMG GardenNotes #718 Tomatoes – Blossom End Rot – Planttalk #1471 Tomatoes for Home Gardens – Planttalk #1817 Tomatoes – Growing Tomatoes – CMG GardenNotes #717 Tomatoes – Recognizing Tomato Problems – Fact Sheet #2.949 Tomatoes – Ripening Tomatoes Indoors – Planttalk #1831 Transplanting – Buying and Hardening Transplants – Planttalk #1802 Transplanting into the Garden – Planttalk #1818 Treated Lumber in Gardening – Planttalk #2030 Varieties – Sample Vegetable Garden Seed Catalogs – CMG GardenNotes #712 Vegetable Garden Hints – CMG GardenNotes #719 Vegetable Garden: Soil Management and Fertilization – CMG GardenNotes #711 Vegetable Gardening in Containers – CMG GardenNotes #724 Vegetable Harvest Stories – Planttalk #1822 Vegetable Planting Guide – CMG GardenNotes #720 Vegetable Seedling Pests – Planttalk #1410 Vegetable Site Tips – Planttalk #1819 Vegetables: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #710 Vine Crops – Cucumbers and Squash – Planttalk #1805 Vine Crops – Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Squash, and Melons – Fact Sheet #7.609 Viruses in Plants – Planttalk #1443 Warm Season – Growing Warm Season Vegetables – Planttalk #1809 Water Conservation in the Vegetable Garden – CMG GardenNotes #716 Water Related Problems in the Vegetable Garden – Planttalk #1826 Watering Vegetables – Planttalk #1824 Whitefly – Greenhouse Whitefly – Fact Sheet #5.587

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Climate Summary (Frost Dates)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Frost Dates and Length of Growing Season – CMG GardenNotes #740 Climate Summary: Boulder and Longmont – CMG GardenNotes #741 Climate Summary: Canon City – CMG GardenNotes #755 Climate Summary: Castle Rock, Littleton and Parker – CMG GardenNotes #742 Climate Summary: Chaffee County – CMG GardenNotes #752 Climate Summary: Colorado Springs – CMG GardenNotes #743 Climate Summary: Dillon – CMG GardenNotes #744 Climate Summary: Eagle and Glenwood Springs – CMG GardenNotes #745 Climate Summary: Fort Collins, Greeley and Estes Park – CMG GardenNotes #746 Climate Summary: Gunnison – CMG GardenNotes #747 Climate Summary: Northeast Colorado – CMG GardenNotes #748 Climate Summary: Northwest Colorado (Steamboat Springs and Craig) – CMG GardenNotes #749 Climate Summary: Norwood and Telluride – CMG GardenNotes #753 Climate Summary: Pueblo – CMG GardenNotes #751 Climate Summary: San Luis Valley – CMG GardenNotes #754 Climate Summary: Southwest Colorado – CMG GardenNotes #750 Climate Summary: Summit County – CMG GardenNotes #744

Water Wise Gardening / Xeriscaping
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Annuals and Perennials – Xeriscape Annuals and Perennials – Planttalk #1909 Colorado Water Divisions – Planttalk #2202 Creative Landscaping – Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping – Fact Sheet #7.228 Denver Water Sources – Planttalk #2203 Design – Xeriscape Design – Planttalk #1902 Drought Cycles in Colorado – Planttalk #2204 Ground covers – Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants – Fact Sheet #7.230 Irrigation – Xeriscape – Efficient Irrigation – Planttalk #1903 Learning More about Xeriscaping – Planttalk #1904 Maintenance – Xeriscape Maintenance – Planttalk #1910 Ornamental Grasses – Xeriscape Ornamental Grasses – Planttalk #1906 Plant Choices – Xeriscape Plant Choices – Planttalk #1907 Retrofit Your Yard – Xeriscaping: Retrofit Your Yard – Fact Sheet #7.234 Soil Amendments – Xeriscape Soil Amendments – Planttalk #1908 Trees and Shrubs – Xeriscape Trees and Shrubs – Planttalk #1911 Trees and Shrubs – Xeriscaping: Trees and Shrubs – Fact Sheet #7.229 Turf and Alternatives Xeriscape Turf and Alternatives – Planttalk #1912 Water Wise Landscape Design: Design Steps – GardenNotes #411 Water Wise Landscape Design: Homework – GardenNotes #415 Water Wise Landscape Design: Design Principles– GardenNotes #413 Water Wise Landscape Design: Reference and Review Questions – GardenNotes #410 Water Wise Landscape Design: Selecting Turf Options – GardenNotes #412 Water Wise Landscape Design: Worksheet – GardenNotes #414 Xeriscape: Annuals and Perennials – Planttalk #1909 Xeriscape Basics – Planttalk #1901 Xeriscape Design – Planttalk #1902 Xeriscape Efficient Irrigation – Planttalk #1903 Xeriscape Maintenance – Planttalk #1910 Xeriscape Ornamental Grasses – Planttalk #1906 Xeriscape Plant Choices – Planttalk #1907 Xeriscape Soil Amendments – Planttalk #1908 Xeriscape Trees and Shrubs – Planttalk #1911 Xeriscape Turf and Alternatives – Planttalk #1912 Xeriscaping: Creative Landscaping – Fact Sheet #7.228 001-30

Water Wise Gardening / Xericaping (continued) o o o Xeriscaping: Ground Cover Plants – Fact Sheet #7.230 Xeriscaping: Retrofit Your Yard – Fact Sheet #7.234 Xeriscaping: Trees and Shrubs – Fact Sheet #7.229

Weeds Management
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Bermuda Grass in Lawns and Gardens – Planttalk #1531 Bindweed – Controlling Bindweed – Planttalk #2104 Blue Mustard Control – Planttalk #2119 Broadleaf – Controlling Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns – Planttalk #1525 Broadleaf Weed Control in Lawns – GardenNotes #552 Canada Thistle – Planttalk #2102 Cheatgrass and Wildfires – Fact Sheet #6.310 Colorado Noxious Weeds – Planttalk #2103 Control of Annual Weedy Grasses in Home Lawns – Fact Sheet #3.101 Controlling Bindweed – Planttalk #2104 Controlling Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns – Planttalk #1525 Controlling Weedy Grasses in Lawns – Planttalk #1530 Crabgrass – Planttalk #1513 Fall Lawn Weed Control – Planttalk #1526 Grassy Weed Control in Lawn – Fact Sheet #3.101 Grassy Weeds – Controlling Weedy Grasses in Lawns – Planttalk #1530 Herbicides: Pre–emergent – Planttalk #2118 Indicator Weeds – GardenNotes #353 Landscape Weeds: Basics – Planttalk #2116 Landscape Weeds: Control – Planttalk #2117 Leafy Spurge Control – Planttalk #2122 Musk Thistle – Planttalk #2108 Puncture Vine – Planttalk #2109 Purslane – Planttalk #2110 Tall Fescue as a Weed in Bluegrass Lawns – Planttalk #1529 Weed Associations with Specific Environments and Cultural Conditions – GardenNotes #353 Weed ID – GardenNotes #352 Weed Management – GardenNotes #351 Weed Management: Homework – GardenNotes #356 Weed Management: References and Review Questions – GardenNotes #350 Weed Management: Worksheet – GardenNotes #355 Weed Management: Worksheet: Weed Life Cycles – GardenNotes #354 Why So Many Weeds – Planttalk #2113

Wildlife
o o o o o o o o o o o Attracting Birds – Planttalk #1702 Birds – Attracting Birds – Planttalk #1702 Coping with Snakes – Fact Sheet #6.501 Deer Control – Planttalk #2301 Deer – Preventing Deer Damage – Fact Sheet #6.520 Deer Resistant Plants – Planttalk #2302 Gophers – Managing Pocket Gophers – Fact Sheet #6.515 Managing Pocket Gophers – Fact Sheet #6.515 Managing Voles in Colorado – Fact Sheet #6.507 Managing Wyoming Ground Squirrels – Fact Sheet #6.505 Preventing Deer Damage – Fact Sheet #6.520 001-31

Wildlife (continued) o o o o o Snakes – Coping with Snakes – Fact Sheet #6.501 Squirrel Damage to Trees – Planttalk #2303 Squirrels – Managing Wyoming Ground Squirrels – Fact Sheet #6.505 Voles – Managing Voles in Colorado – Fact Sheet #6.507 Woodpeckers – Fact Sheet #6.516

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