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Superstars of the summer border thanks to impressive flower power, gardeners often wonder why their perennial coneflower plants disappear.

Every garden should have coneflowers. But why grow coneflowers in the first place?

Sara Jordan-Heintz Contributing writer MADRID — After the derecho that hit the Midwest in August destroyed approximately 40% of the Iowa Arboretum & Gardens’ collection of trees, Tyler Johnson, curator of collections and grounds, is launching a “ReLeaf” campaign fundraiser in the form of a webinar series. Of the Arboretum’s more than 700 trees on its 40-acre main campus, over 275 were destroyed. The goal for this year is to plant 75-85 trees at the cost of $35,000. The cost could g...

These websites can help you find perfect plants for spring Updated Jan 19, 2021; Facebook Share It’s dark much of the so-called day, too. But the weather outside, no matter how frightful, has no impact on the internet. On it, there’s a bright, colorful, dazzling world of online sites filled with enough plant information to put a spring in the step of even the most winter-weary gardeners. Winter is a prime time to figure out which plants you’ll want to add to your garden this year, and th...