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Male ruby-throated hummingbird hovers upright near a nectar feeder. (Photo: iStock - CharlieFloyd)
Home and Family, Outdoors

Hummingbirds arriving soon

Prepare for hummingbird season by planting bird-friendly plants and hanging hummingbird feeders in the landscape. Read More

National Gardening Month is a great time for novices to try their hand at gardening or for experts to branch out. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

National Gardening Month: Time to clean your garden – or start one

Monarch butterfly. (Photo courtesy of Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund.)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Gardening for butterflies



Mixed pansies in garden (Photo: iStock - AnjoKanFotografie)

Plants add versatility, range of color

Flowering white lilies (Photo: iStock - Elen11)

K-State expert shares tips to keep Easter lilies blooming

Teppo Lily (Photo: iStock - itasun)

Felines not a purr-fect match for Easter lilies and similar flowers

Salad plantation in a square garden at springtime, and some tomato plantation and flowers. (Photo: iStock - NCAImages)

Companion planting: Positive partnerships that produce more

Zinnias (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Eight great plants to bring butterflies to your garden

It feels and looks like spring has arrived for much of the state. Gardeners may want to postpone pruning some plants that are already blooming. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

It’s time to embrace the power of flowers this spring

A quick soil test can provide gardeners with vital information about the quality of the soil in their landscape. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

Conduct soil test now ahead of spring planting

Planning for and starting vegetable and flower transplants can make January a much more interesting time of year for gardeners. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

January provides opportunity to start vegetables, flowers indoors