Richard E. Bir Extension Horticulture Specialist Emeritus
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticultural Science

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My regular electronic communication with Extension Agents and Extension Specialists in recent years has generated diverse horticultural information. The source of the information is occasionally original but often taken from some other source such as abstracts, periodicals, meeting handouts, research reports, etc. I have received repeated requests to post some of this information so, access is available here.

Plants

• Arundo donax
• Betula - Heat/Flood Tolerance
• Betula nigra - mouse ear
• Black Walnut - Wilt
• Black Walnut - Companions
• Buddleia pruning
• Cornus - Dogwoods for NC
• Dogwoods for North Carolina
• Ginkgo budbreak
• Hakonechloa
• Hedera-English Ivy Control
• Hydrangea - Container Culture
• Hydrangea - Bigleaf nomenclatur
• Hydrangea - What Color should the Hydrangea be?
• Hydrangea - Flower Color
• Hydrangea - Non flowering
• Hydrangea - Pruning
• Hydrangea - Remontant Flower Color
• Hydrangea - Survival & Flowering
• Hydrangea-Decreasing media pH
• Hydrangeas - Reblooming
• Ilex - Poison Holly
• Ilex - Pruning Foster Holly
• Ilex decidua: Possum Haw
• Juglans nigra - Wilt
• Juglans - Companions
• Liverwort
• Lilac Trials
• Lilac Culture
• Lilac Pruning
• Monarda Mildew Resistance
• Phlox - Mildew Resistance
• Possum Haw: Ilex decidua
• Prunus - Flood Tolerance
• Rhododendron - Native Evergreen
• Rhododendron - Bonzi sprays
• Rhododendron Nursery Culture
• Rhododendron - Pruning Old Plant
• Rhododendrons in the landscape
• Rhododendron - Phytophtohora Root Rot Resistance
• River birch - mouse ear
• Spigelia - Stem Cuttings
• Syringa - Lilac Trials
• Syringa - Lilac Culture
• Syringa - Lilac Pruning
• Thuja 'Green Giant'
• Uniola paniculata - Seaoats
• Walnut Wilt

Propagation

• Baptisia Stem Cuttings
• Caryopteris - Stem Cuttings
• Live Stakes
• Microropagation Stage III
• Monarda - Stem Cuttings
• Phlox - Stem Cuttings
• Propagation - Baptisia
• Propagation - Herbaceous Plants
• Propagation - Live Stakes
• Propagation - Simple Home Unit

General

• Bare Root Liners
• Copper in Irrigation Basins
• Invasive Plants - Gardens
• Invasive Plants - Nurseries
• Landscape Lighting and Plant Dormancy
• Lady Beetles
• Leaf Drop
• Phytophthora
• Spring Cold
• VTEM for Perennials
• What Should I Grow
• Why Don't Shrubs Flower?
• Wulpak-FertilizerValue

Maintained by: Bryan A. Konsler

February 6, 2006