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- Allergy, unfairly maligned plants: Kay Neff
- Annuals cover bulbs: Sylvia Whitmer
- Arborvitaes bent from snow: Cindy Bakken
- Aster: Debbie Juriga
- Bachelor button: Sue White
- Balloon flower/Platycodon: Mary Fizzell;
- Beautybush: Kay White
- Black walnut comptible plants: CGB
- Blackeye Susan: Louise Shoksnyder
- Botrytis: John and Barb Nowakowski
- Boxwood
- leaf miner, Denise R.
- pruning, Denise R.; hedge/Pam Peterson; - Bulbs
- Late planting: Bulbs planted late
- Planting: Michael & Ann Feeney - Burren, Ireland: Debi Slentz
- Butterfly weed: Marjory Miller
- Campanula: Nick Mendes
- Childrens' garden: Judy Jacobs
- Getting dirty: Elizabeth Nikkila
- Seed starting: Jan O. - Clematis:
- Pruning, Lynne E.; Pat Knoop; Rosemary Weil - Clothing
- padded knee pants: Caroline Bristol - Color for small spaces: Open Gate Garden Club
- Columbine: Susan Masiak
- Composite: A Lansing Gardener
- Conifers:
- Beauty, lore and fun: Ann Tice
- Dwarf, conifers: Dennis and Carole Groh - Containers:
- potting mix: Nancy Giordano
- color: Rita Dunlop - Coral bells; Diane Bomba
- Crabapples, disease resistant
- Cutting back: Corky Smith
- Daisy
- Latest bloom: Susan Purcell - Decorations from the garden: Elly Sullivan
- Deer: Joan Curran
- Deer: Candie Sorensen
- Definitions (Scrabbling): Mark & Marie Koski
- Delphinium: Lynn and Frank Balog
- Design
- disappointing: Sandra Bauer
- Front entrance: David Colburn, Fran Knorr
- Landscape inexpensively: Pamela Hoffman
- Late bloom: Mary Topf
- Privacy: Marilyn Alimpich
- Quick fixes in late summer: Marion Harris
- Small spaces, big color: Open Gate Garden Club - Digitalis: Audrey Eaton
- Dividing perennial plants: Mary Topf
- Dried flowers: Burdette Chapman
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Dry places, choosing plants: Diane Macunovich
- Endangered: Marilyn
- Evergreens:
- Prune in winter: Denise R.;
- spring browing: Dr. Jim and Ann Sillers - Failure of new plants, why: Kay H
- Fall color: Alaine Matherly Bush, Fran Knorr, Sally Gleason, Mary Topf
- Falsecypress 'Alaska', Dennis Groh
- falsecypress pruning: Hillbilly Holly, Ph.D.
- false indigo: Carol Wright
- False sunflower: Lee Collins
- Fig tree: Overwintering, Bill Eyler
- de-scaling: Nancy and David Randall - flare: R. M.
- Focal points: Paula Crafton
- Foliage, fabulous design feature: Paula Fraser
- Forums, great advice: Jim & Susan Masiak
- Garden By Janet & Steven: Kerry Holley
- Gingko: Mary Harlan
- Fall color and fruit: Joann R - Girdling root: Dot Wolff
- Gloves: Corky Smith
- Goldenrod: Kay Neff
- Grasses, ornamental grasses
- Spring cut back: Mary Fizzell; - Groundcovers: Phebe Wong
- Grubs:
- Good guy grubs: Michael & Ann Feeney
- Help lawn beat them: Rudy Salinger - Healthy gardener
- Garden to rejuvenate the soul: Connie & Gino Bruni
- Staying fit in winter: Pam Peterson, - Hedges:
- pruning boxwood, Pam Peterson; - Herbs and kids: Kathy Ross
- Hibiscus won't flower: Erica Jones
- Holiday greens, decorations: Terry Kozak, Master Gardener Association of Wayne County, Michigan, Elly Sullivan
- Holly: Denny Gross
- pruning: Wayne Watson & Martha Frost-Watson - Honeysuckle:
- Mildew on honeysuckle: Lynne E - Houseplants:
- Water temperature: Patricia Hyland - Impatiens downy mildew: David Marshall
- Indian Summer: Holly Pilon
- Invasive plants: Terri Law, Fran Knorr
- Iris
- Bearded iris hardiness, division, problems: Barb & George Carley
- Borer: Finnish Center Association - Irrigation:
- Water temperature: Patricia Hyland - Jade plant care: Barbara Vass
- Cut back: Dan Burns - Lawn:
- Help a lawn beat grubs: Rudy Salinger
- Lawn repair: Dorothy B.
- Springtime barrage: Phyllis B - Leaf spots: Anonymous
- Lepoardplant: Alison Mackinder
- Leaves hung on: Linda Harrison
- Lichens: Dan Burns
- Lights, holiday lights in the garden: Master Gardener Association of Wayne County, Michigan
- Lilac pruning and borer prevention: Sherry Jones
- Lilies: Susan Budrys
- Loppers: Virginia Howcroft
- Macunovich, Janet bio: Janet Schenk
- Magnolia: Pat Byler; Marilyn Alimpich
- Maintenance:
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- Tough to keep up sometimes: Chris Everson
- Mentors: Bobbi Kuschel
- Mildew: Honeysuckle: Lynne E.
- Monarda: Bogi K.
- Mulberry, pruning weeping trees: Susan Campbell; Marilyn Alimpich
- Mysterious wilt, sedum: Deb Green
- Native plants, Jack Wallace
bloom: A Lansing gardener
countering invasive species: Judy Graham
unfairly maligned: Kay Neff - Nature raked leaves: Marcia B.
- Nuts, too many: Sue Leich
- Orange tree: Jo Andes
- Orchid care: An orchid lover,
- Organic food: Dena Scher & Dean Purcell
- Organic methods: Denise Kora
- Overgrown holly:
- Overwatering: Libby Howting
- Overwintering tender plants: Bill Eyler
- Path surfaces: J.B.
- Peace lily: Jackie Swenson
- Peony: Joann R
- no bloom: John and Barb Nowakowski - Perennial plants
- dividing: Mary Topf,
- perennial bed renewal: Maeve C
- pinching, deadheading and staking: Sue Leich
- shade plants: Heidi and Bonnie Lujan
- moving: Sylvia S.
- deadheading: Dot Wolff - Pest identification: Gena Calkins
- Philosophy:
- Of gardening life: Kongsaeng Chris Everson - Planting:
- Trees: Michele Armstrong - Platycodoon/Balloon flower: Mary Fizzell;
- Poinsettia: Virginia B.
- Pots
- clever continual color: Fran Knorr
- lack of fertilizer: Dot Wolff - Potting soil: Nancy Giordano
- Privacy in design: Marilyn Alimpich
- Pruning:
- 1/3 pruning rule, broken: CGB
- arborvitaes bent from snow: Cindy Bakken
- barberry: CGB
- boxwood, Denise R.; hedge/Pam Peterson;
- Clematis: Lynne E.; Pat Knoop; Rosemary Weil
- Cutting back woody plants: A.Z.
- Deciding what to cut: David Colburn
- Dwarf conifers: Rich and Cindy LaFond
- Guide for shrubs and vines: Diane
- Holly, rejuvenate: D.C., Wayne Watson & Martha Frost-Watson
- Holly: cutting out winter damage: Sue Janczarek
- Jade: Dani Connolly, Barbara Vass
- Keep trees small: Kelly Allen
- Less work to cut hard: Dawn Truitt
- Magnolia: Pat Byler;
- Rhododendrons: Master Gardener Association of Wayne County, Michigan
- Roses: Sue Leich, Nancy Giordano
- Spirea, all specie:s Susan Witek
- Viburnum: Susan B.
- Weeping mulberry: Marilyn Alimpich; Susan Campbell;
- Winter pruning evergeens: Denise R.
- young tree, pruning: Dan and Judy Kurkowski
- yews, pruning: Judith Ann Storrs - Puzzles
- Tepal sepal: Mark and Marie Koski -
Rabbits:
- Springtime barrage: Phyllis B
- Fencing: Susan Budrys - Roses
- pests: Elizabeth Nikkila - Reminders what to do: Marilyn Alimpich
- Scrabbling: Mark and Marie Koski
- Shade
- plants: Gina Wilson, Heidi and Bonnie Lujan
- shady yard, working under trees: Cathy Warnick
- more light under trees: Pat Fix - Shrubs: Kay White
- Simplify work:
- Pruning: Dawn Truitt - Soil borne disease: Deb Green
- Solidago: Maggie Carrao
- Spring rush: Phyllis B
- Scents: Gretchen Denton
- Suckers from tree roots and trunk: Tamara Infusino
- Summer bloom from scholar tree: Sandy O'Connell
- Summer color perennials: Michele Armstrong
- Tickseed: A gardener
- Tools: Becki Lynch
- Tool care: Darl Slentz
- Tool sharpening: Lynn McAllister - Transplanting:
- Big juniper: Mary Hrynik
- Star magnolia: Kerry Holley
- Struggling tree: Judy K
- Trees:
- Placement: Judy Jacobs
- Golden Rain tree: Sylvia Whitmer
- Ash replacement: N.W. - Pruning/Training a young tree: Dan and Judy Kurkowski
- Tulips that are perennial: Phyllis and Allen R.
- Veggies: Kathleen Polkowski
- Vegetables in the landscape: Linda P. & Enya
- Starting from seed: Nancy Crawford - Wattle fencing: Virginia B.
- Weeds and weeding
- Reclaiming weedy beds: Dorothy B.
- moon phase: Cindy E. - Weevils: Susan Budrys: Susan Budrys
- Wildflowers: Carol Grubba, Elizabeth Littler
- Wildlife: Fran Knorr, Egret;
- Winter
- animal damage: Shelley Welch, Susan Budrys - Winter blooming plants: Ann Tice
- Winter reading: Susan Maynard
- Yew: Janet Hetherington
- Zucchini: Rosemary Weil
