Richland County doesn’t have a Horticulture Educator to provide information. Individuals needing horticulture information can use the following:
- Visit the Extension Office and review the bulletins, fact sheets, and other printed resources.
- Visit area landscape and garden centers and other businesses.
- Use the Related Horticulture Links below to find more information…
Garden fact sheets for many plants and insects can be found on the Wisconsin Horticulture – Division of Extension website.
Fact sheets for those commonly asked about in our county are listed below.
INVASIVE SPECIES
A fact sheet on many invasive plants and insects can be found on the DNR website. DNR Invasive Species Website
Information on common invasive plants and insects for Richland County include:
- Emerald Ash Borer
- Preparing Wisconsin’s Forests for the Emerald Ash Borer
- Native Borers and Emerald Ash Borers Look-alikes
- Questions and Answers: Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
- Emerald Ash Borer Calls from General Public
- Multiflora Rose
For information on classification of woody plants and vines, check out this site: Terrestrial Plants
FACT SHEETS
- Lawn Facts (2 pages, 118 KB)
- Mini Facts on Plants (2 pages, 160 KB)
Publications:
- Cabbage Looper
- Colorado Potato Beetle
- Cucumber Beetles
- Drought and Watering Ornamental Plants
- Drought and Watering Trees Jull
- Flea Beetle
- Imported Cabbageworm
- Japanese Beetles
- Keeping your Grass Alive During Periods of Extended Drought
- Leafminers
- Nuisance Weevils
- Potato Leafhopper
- Squash Bug
- Squash Vine Borer
- Tomato Disorder
- Vegetable Aphids
- Webworms
WHAT’S BUGGING YOU?
Check out the UW-Madison Department of Entomology to find the identification of those mysterious insects and learn what to do about them.
RELATED HORTICULTURE LINKS OF INTEREST
- Herb Society of America
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- National Pesticide Information Center
- Ohio State University PlantFacts
- Plant Information Online from the University of Minnesota
- Rock Garden Plants Database
- University of Connecticut Plant Database
- USDA Plants Database
- UW – Department of Entomology Insect Diagnostic Lab
- UW – Plant Disease and Diagnostic Clinic
- UW – Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory
- UW – The Wisconsin Gardener – Public TV
- Weed Science Society of America
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wisconsin Horticulture Publications
- Wisconsin Master Gardener Program
- Wisconsin Phenological Society
