Chicago Botanic Garden

YOUR GARDEN

Plant Information Links

 

ARBORISTS
Illinois Arborist Association http://www.illinoisarborist.org/index.html
International Society of Arboriculture http://www.treesaregood.com/
Tree Care Industry Association http://www.natlarb.com/
BOTANIC GARDENS
Chicago Botanic Garden http://www.chicagobotanic.org
The Morton Arboretum http://www.mortonarb.org
Garfield Park Conservatory http://www.garfield-conservatory.org
Missouri Botanical Garden http://www.mobot.org
CATALOG
Cyndi’s Garden Catalogs List http://www.gardenlist.com/
EMERALD ASH BORER
EAB Information http://www.emeraldashborer.info/
Purdue University http://www.entm.purdue.edu/EAB/
USDA APHIS http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ep/eab/
USDA Forest Service http://na.fs.fed.us/fhp/eab/
EXTENSION SITES
University of Illinois Extension http://www.extension.uiuc.edu
Illinois Master Gardeners http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/mg
Wisconsin Extension http://www.uwex.edu
GARDENING FOR KIDS
Kids Gardening http://www.kidsgardening.com
U. of I. Extension: Great Plant Escape http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
GENERAL HORTICULTURE
U. of I. Extension Hort Corner http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hort/index.html
U of Purdue Consumer Hort. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/hort.html
Plants for Wet Sites http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-646.html
Gardenweb Forums http://www.gardenweb.com/forums
Horticulture Links http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/hortinternet
USDA Hardiness Zone Map http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone
HOUSEPLANTS
Houseplant Pests (WA State) http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb0695/eb0695.html
Purdue Houseplant Problems http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-55.html
Guide to Houseplants http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/horticulture/g1022.html
Int. Carnivorous Plant Society http://www.carnivorousplants.org
INSECTS/DISEASES
U. of I. Ext. Integrated Pest Management http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/hyg/insects/index.html
U. of I. Ext. Plant Problems http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/focus
U. of I. Ext. Bug Review http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/bugreview/index.html
Iowa State Entomology http://www.ent.iastate.edu/
LAWN
U. of I. Ext. Lawn Talk http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/lawntalk/index.html
NEWSLETTERS
Chicago Botanic Garden’s Newsletter Signup http://www.chicagobotanic.org/email_app.html
Morton Plant Health Care Report http://www.mortonarboretumphc.org
Home, Yard & Garden Pest http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/cespubs/hyg/html
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
Bluestem Nursery http://www.bluestem.ca/grass-comparison-chart.htm
Iowa State Univ. Picture Key http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/research/iowagrasses/picture-key.html
Ohio State Univ. Fact Sheet http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1238.html
U. of I. Ext. Grasses http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/grasses
PLANT DATABASES
Chicago Botanic Garden's
Illinois’ Best Plants		 http://www.bestplants.org
MBG: PlantFinder http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Alpha.asp
Ohio State Univ. Plant Facts http://plantfacts.osu.edu
Upper Midwest Plants http://www.midwestlandscapeplants.org/index.cfm
U. of I. Plants: Woody Ornamentals http://wp.nres.uiuc.edu/plant/
USDA Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov
VA Tech. Woody Plant Key http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/idit.htm
POISONOUS PLANT DATABASES
University of California
Davis Extension		 http://envhort.ucdavis.edu/ce/king/PoisPlant/
Canadian Poisonous Plants http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
US Army Database http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/PLANT.HTM
PRAIRIE
Prairie Establishment & Landscaping http://dnr.state.il.us/conservation/naturalheritage/prairie/table.htm
Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/tallgrass.html
WEEDS
Rutgers’ Weed Images http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/weeds/default.asp
Garden Country Weeds http://www.gardencountry.com/pages/weeds/weedchart.html
U. of I. ACES http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/weedid/
GARDEN INFORMATION PHONE NUMBERS
Plant Information Hotline (847) 835-0972
Lenhardt Library (847) 835-8201