You are here

Lawn and Garden

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Publications

Publication Number: P3195
Publication Number: P3189
Publication Number: P3616
Publication Number: P3191

News

Herb Container
April 17, 2024

By Chloe Evans

Blue flowers with white spots bloom above green foliage.
April 15, 2024

Spring is my favorite season of the year as I enjoy the return of warmer days and the colorful blooms in gardens and landscapes. Among the many flowering plants that grace the spring landscape, petunias stand out as one of my favorites.

As nature bursts into life, now is the perfect time to visit your local nurseries and garden centers to acquire bright and colorful petunias.

Dark leaves with pink centers are edged in bright green.
April 8, 2024

I have always been amazed at the diversity of colorful coleus plants. Their foliage offers a dazzling array of impressive hues and patterns. The most remarkable aspect of coleus plants is undoubtedly their vibrant leaves.

Success Stories

A woman and man seated in a side-by-side with a cattle field stretching behind them.
Volume 10 Number 1

Cruising into Madison County, you see a cultivated urban landscape full of brick edifices and manicured lawns spring up around you. Your cell phone announces your turnoff, and you comply, turning onto an older road that soon turns to gravel.

A woman smiling and holding a planter full of lettuce.
Volume 10 Number 1

Susie Harmon laughs when she relates her granddaughter’s observation of her favorite pastime.

A woman with a straw hat and round-framed glasses holding a bunch of flowers and smiling.
Volume 10 Number 1

A broken-down car on a Sunday afternoon in 1983 led two attorneys to purchase forestland in Hancock County. Forty years and about 500 acres later, La Terre Farms in Kiln has wide-ranging industries that include a holiday greenery business and cut flowers grown for florists across the Gulf Coast and New Orleans.

Watch

Perennials as Annuals, April 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 5:00am
Colorful Petunias, April 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 5:00am
Coleus, April 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 5:00am
Calibrachoa Hybrids, April 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024 - 5:00am
Container Thriller Plants, March 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 5:00am

Your Extension Experts

Portrait of Dr. Shaun Robert Broderick
Assoc Extension/Research Prof
Portrait of Dr. Alan Henn
Extension Professor
Portrait of Dr. Blake Layton, Jr.
Extension Professor
Portrait of Dr. James Dewey McCurdy
Associate Professor