What's Happening in Horticulture? March 2025 |
Greetings gardeners,
Longer days, melting snow, and the transition to daylight saving time tells us spring is not far off. While it may be too early for outdoor planting or soil work, March is a prime time for pruning deciduous tree species, including apple trees. It’s also a month when gardeners typically start annual vegetable and flower seeds indoors. There’s a lot happening in horticulture this month! Read on for timely tips, upcoming learning opportunities, and other gardening insights to keep your plants thriving.
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Green Thumb Gardening: Cover Crops for the Garden
Thursday, March 13 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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- Ask Your Gardening Question: LIVE
Monday, March 17 | 1:30-2:30 p.m.
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- Green Thumb Gardening: Succession Planting, Companion Planting, and Season Extension
Thursday, March 20 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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- Growing Healthy Plants: Basics in Plant Disease Management
Wednesday, March 26| 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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- Green Thumb Gardening: Seed Saving, Harvesting, and Storage
Thursday, March 27| 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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Around March, "shamrock" plants are sold in grocery stores, but the plants marketed for this holiday are actually species of Oxalis, also known as wood sorrels, that have clover-shaped leaves.
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Want a head start on your garden? Growing plants from seeds is simple and saves money! Learn the best tips for starting seeds indoors and to get strong, healthy plants ready for the growing season. Read more…
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Would you like to know the trick to healthy landscape trees? Proper pruning not only enhances a tree’s beauty but also prevents disease and structural issues down the road. Learn expert tips on when, why, and how to prune your deciduous trees for lasting benefits! Read more…
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Rejuvenating old apple trees can help bring them back to health and improve their fruit production. Before starting this process, it’s important to consider whether the tree is worth saving. Watch the presentation...
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A weekly column of horticulture education and activities for Wisconsin gardeners. Read the latest articles from this past month.
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Featuring Lisa Johnson and Brian Hudelson on The Larry Meiller Show, WPR
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What's that poking up through the snow? Skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, is one of the earliest-blooming native plants in Wisconsin because of thermogenesis – it produces its own heat!
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