Trees & Shrubs

This brochure offers a handy listing of all gardening and related publications available from UW–Madison Division of Extension Publishing (24 pages...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull Properly placed and maintained landscape plants can increase the value of real estate. However, poor plant choices can be...

Author(s) Christine Wen, Joe Van Rossum Making your own compost is an easy, practical, and satisfying way to make use of yard waste and table scr...

Author(s) Scott R. Craven, Robert Ellarson Find out how to create a haven for the birds' food, shelter, and cover with the shrubs and trees you p...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull Lilacs for Cold Climates describes the best of the top-rated cold-weather cultivars. These are the gems that will survive ...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf, R. F. Patton Dothistroma needle blight causes needle spots, discoloration, and substantial needle loss in hea...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull If deer visit your property, you've likely already experienced the frustration of having landscape plants destroyed overni...

Author(s) Dan A. Wilson, Thomas J. Wilson, Wayne G. Tlusty This publication explores landscape planning: putting the plan on paper; selecting, pl...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. R. Stanosz Sphaeropsis shoot blight and canker, formerly known as Diplodia, is a serious disease of many pine species ...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. R. Stanosz Rhizosphaera needle cast occurs throughout the state of Wisconsin but infects only certain conifer species....

Author(s) Scott Sanford, John Panuska Micro irrigation has numerous advantages over sprinkler irrigation and can be used in greenhouses, orchards...

Author(s) Chris Williamson, P.J. Liesch, Jim Kerns, Roger Flashinski Woody Ornamentals Pest Management in Wisconsin is an indispensable resource f...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf "Decline" is a general term that describes the deterioration of a tree's crown or an overall reduction in vigo...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull When selecting plants for landscaping, consider choosing ones that offer showy fall foliage. This beautifully illustrated...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf, J. E. Kuntz, M. J. Drilias Research has demonstrated that many of Wisconsin sugar maples are declining becaus...

Author(s) M.F. Heimann, G.R. Stanosz In Wisconsin, Cytospora canker is especially damaging to Colorado blue spruce, but it also affects Norway spr...

Author(s) C. F. Koval, S. W. Binnie The eastern tent caterpillar is native to North America, and records of its existence go back as far as 1646. ...

Author(s) Laura G. Jull This publication focuses on recognizing and preventing plant damage caused by deicing salts, evaluates the pros and cons o...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, G. L. Worf Scorch, or the browning of leaf edges, affects a wide range of deciduous and evergreen plants throughout Wisco...

Author(s) M. F. Heimann, R. C. Newman When the herbicides used to kill broadleaf weeds in the lawn are applied on windy or hot days, they may end ...

Author(s) P. J. Pellitteri, D. L. Mahr, D. J. Hall Early season defoliation of pines in southern Wisconsin may be attributed to European pine sawf...

Author(s) Jane Cummings Carlson, A. Jeff Martin, Kyoko Scanlon Thousands of oaks in woodland and urban settings die every year from oak wilt, a fu...

Author(s) G. L. Worf, M. F. Heimann The honeylocust has become an increasingly important street and landscape tree in Wisconsin. Finer textured an...

Author(s) R. Chris Williamson, Andrea Diss The gypsy moth caterpillar has a distinctively bristly body, with five pairs of blue warts followed by ...