Resource provided by Kaitlyn Tatro, Coordinator of the PolliNation Project with The University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Environmental Interpretive Center
Information on PolliNation Project:
Insect Hotels (umdearborn.edu)
Resource provided by Kaitlyn Tatro, Coordinator of the PolliNation Project with The University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Environmental Interpretive Center
Information on PolliNation Project:
Insect Hotels (umdearborn.edu)
· Beans
· Black Raspberry
· Ground Cherry
· Herbs including Sage & Dill
· Spikenard
· Spinach
· Strawberries
· String Beans
· Swiss Chard
· Tomatoes
· Zucchini
Wildtype Native Plants — www.WildtypePlants.com
Prairie Moon Nursery — www.PrairieMoon.com
Prairie Nursery — www.PrairieNursery.com
Wood Thrush Native Nursery — www.WoodThrushNatives.com
Conservation Seedlings — www.ebay.com/usr/conservation-seedlings
Dean Krauskopf, PhD, wanted all members to know that Box Tree Moth has been found in Michigan. He suggests that those with boxwoods check them.
Learning from the Past 2021
Perennial Plant of the Year® 2021 — Calamint (Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta) – Zones 5-7; height 18”, width 18”; full sun; attracts pollinators with its tiny white flowers blooming summer to fall
Oudolf Garden Detroit – Fall 2019 planting postponed due to high water. Initial planting completed late summer 2020. Installation of the rain garden, bulb planting in late fall and the wetland planting continues. Scheduled opening Summer 2021. For updates and status go to https://oudolfgardendetroit.org/
Dollar spot on lawns – (Lanzia and moellerodiscus fungi) — Stress and inadequate nitrogen are the primary cause. Drought, overwatering, improper mowing height, heavy thatch and poor aeration can all contribute to the disease.
European Crane flies/Leather Jackets (Tipula paludosa) — Feeds on turf and resembles oversized mosquito
Protecting evergreen plants from feeding deer
Beautiful creature but . . .
Arborvitae (Thuja ‘Emerald Green’)
Arborvitae (Thuja ‘Green Giant’) Western red cedar/Japanese arborvitae Somewhat deer resistant
Yews (Taxus)
Repellents: Deer Out; Liquid Fence; Deer Scram; Bobbex; Plantskydd
Fencing/netting
Winter interest perennial plants!
Italian Arum (Arum italicum) Deer resistant, Z4-9, evergreen, part sun to shade
Hardy Cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium) Deer resistant, Z6-9, bulb, partial shade to shade
(Cyclamen coum) Deer resistant, Z6-9, bulb, partial shade to shade, winter to spring
Fairy Wings (Epimedium) Deer resistant, Z6-8, evergreen, part sun to light shade
Snowdrops (Galanthus) Deer resistant, Z4-7, bulb, partial shade
Christmas Rose (Helleborus niger) Deer resistant, Z3-8, evergreen, partial shade
Lenten Rose (Helleborus hybridus) Deer resistant, Z4-9, evergreen, partial shade
Bear’s-Foot Hellebore (Helleborus foetidus) Deer resistant, Z5-8, evergreen, partial shade
Sources: www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com; www.carolynsshadegardens.com; www.plantdelights.com
Plant tags and marker
Forget-me-knot tags Source: www.kinsmangarden.com $9.95 for 12
Garden Marker Source: www.dpind.com $5.99 for 1; $12.00 for 4
Books
The Nature of Oaks by Douglas W. Tallamy $27.95
What It’s Like To Be A Bird by David Allen Sibley $35.00
Dearborn SHINES David Susko PhD 2021-April-08 MGAWC
Dr. Susko’s presentation at the April MGAWC membership meeting is on YouTube.
Here’s a link to the citizen science project proposed for members and others to do.
According to the website: “Use the New Sentinel Tree or Annual Data options to record your tree data. New Sentinel Trees will require you to identify the tree location on a simple Google Map and record your first observation. Annual Observation data is recorded once a year for all Sentinel Trees in your network.”
Dean Krauskopf, Ph.D., would like to expand the reach of this citizen science project which is suitable for interested adults and kids. There are many tree species to choose from on the MISIN website. You pick the tree or trees that you want to adopt. It can be in any county, in your backyard, in a park, up north, anywhere convenient for you to visit at least once a year, any time of year.
Invasive species tend to move into new areas by planes, trains, trucks and automobiles, so adopting trees near the airport, train tracks, highways, and rest stops might be especially valuable, but starting in your backyard is great.
The initial selection and identification might take 15-20 minutes including using a tape measure to measure the diameter. The next step is visiting the website to establish the new tree in the network of sentinel trees. After that, return to the tree to observe for about 10 minutes annually and then to the website to record any changes. For tall trees, you might want to bring binoculars to get a better look toward the top.
In process of formatting links
CLIMATE & WEATHER
USDA Midwest Climate Hub: https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/midwest
Drought Portal: https://www.drought.gov/
Enviroweather: https://enviroweather.msu.edu/
Frost Dates: https://mrcc.illinois.edu/VIP/frz_maps/freeze_maps.html#frzMaps
Plant Heat Zone Map: http://solanomg.ucanr.edu/files/245158.pdf
Koppen Climate Classification System: https://www.thesustainabilitycouncil.org/resources/thekoppen-climate-classification-system/
American Rose Trials for Sustainability: https://www.americanrosetrialsforsustainability.org/
Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year Walters Gardens: https://www.waltersgardens.com/photo_essay.php?ID=95
All American Selections: https://allamericaselections.org/
MSU Horticulture Trial Gardens:
Vineland Hardy Roses: http://www.49throses.com/
Boxwood Blight: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/preventing-the-spread-of-boxwood-blight-inlandscapes
Resistant Varieties: https://plantpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2013/05/final-Cult-trials-summary-2013.pdf?fwd=no
Crackling boxwoods: https://bygl.osu.edu/index.php/node/1499
Boxwood Blight Insight Group: https://www.boxwoodhealth.org/
Boxwood cultivars ranked by resistance to boxwood blight: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jeh/article/38/2/50/436815/Ranking-Resistance-of-BuxusCultivars-to-Boxwood
Box Tree Moth: https://www.firstdetector.org/sites/firstdetector.org/files/EmergingThreats_BoxTreeMoth.pdf
Bushel and Berry: https://www.bushelandberry.com/
Oak Wilt:
Beech Leaf Disease:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/mysterious-disease-strikingamerican-beech-trees
https://www.dontmovefirewood.org/pest_pathogen/beech-leaf-disease/
Beech Bark Disease: https://www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/files/e2746.pdf
Rose Rosette Disease: https://roserosette.org/
Field diagnostic test: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31222494
Monarch Watch: https://www.monarchwatch.org/
Which milkweed species do Monarchs prefer: https://tellus.ars.usda.gov/stories/articles/which-milkweeds-do-monarch-butterfliesprefer/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
https://www.canr.msu.edu/msumilkweedregrow/
Emerald Ash Borer: http://www.emeraldashborer.info/
Genes for resistance to Emerald Ash Borer: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1209-3
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/invasive_species/brown_marmorated_stink_bug
Biocontrol of Marmorated Stink bug arrives in US on it’s own: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/scientists-spent-years-plan-import-wasp-killstinkbugs-then-it-showed-its-own
Lily leaf beetle (Red lily beetle, Scarlett lily leaf beetle): https://ag.umass.edu/greenhousefloriculture/fact-sheets/lily-leaf-beetle/
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/invasives/HWA_Bulletin_518429_7.pdf
https://www.canr.msu.edu/uploads/resources/pdfs/hwa_tip_sheet.pdf
How to stop Spotted Lanternfly: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-thespotted-lanternfly-180975778/
MSU Spotted Lanternfly website: https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/invasive_species/spotted-lanternfly
Midwest Invasive Species Information Network: https://www.misin.msu.edu/
Eyes on the Forest: https://iforest.misin.msu.edu/
National Plant Board: https://nationalplantboard.org/
Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas: https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/0,5664,7-324-68072---,00.html
Heat treatment increases color and antioxidants in tomato: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925521420308863#:~:text=In%20conclusion%2C%20application%20of%20a,without%20severely%20impairing%20color%20development
Standardization of Terms Used to Describe Resistance: https://www.hriresearch.org/sites/default/files/TerminologyWhitePaper-AH-HRI.pdf
Discussion of terms: https://www.growertalks.com/Newsletters/View/?article=3269
Phages for bacteria control: https://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/ways-phages-can-stymiestubborn-fruit-crop-pests/
Bee Vectoring: http://www.beevt.com/
Pest Control Fungicide Resistance Action Committee: https://www.frac.info/
Insecticide Resistance Action Committee: https://www.irac-online.org/
National Pesticide Information Center: http://npic.orst.edu/
MSU IPM: https://www.canr.msu.edu/ipm/
3 Diagnostic lab/soil test lab operations:
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/plant-and-soil-servicelabs-open-during-covid-19-shutdowns
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/how-do-i-get-a-soil-test-kitwhen-offices-are-closed
MSU CANR Outreach: https://www.canr.msu.edu/outreach/
Buckeye Yard and Garden Online: https://bygl.osu.edu/
Garden A to Z.org: http://gardenatoz.org/
Garden Professors: http://gardenprofessors.com/
Michigan Gardener: https://www.michigangardener.com/
Citizen Science:
EBird (Cornell): https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48001158707-get-startedwith-ebird
iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/UF/IFAS
Citizen tomato tests: http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2021/01/12/global-gardeners-help-uf-tomatobreeding-program-will-send-growth-flavor-data-to-lab/
GMOs: https://www.canr.msu.edu/gmos
Degradation of biodegradable plant containers: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11270-020-04866-7
Recycling plastic plant containers: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/go_green_which_horticultural_plastics_can_be_recycled_and_where
In home veggie growing module: https://gropod.io/
LaborSaver Pots https://www.h2olaborsaver.com/h2o-labor-saver.html
Per request, slide from Roy’s highly informative presentation on trees in southeastern Michigan