Dan Gill
Dan is an Associate Professor in Consumer Horticulture with the LSU AgCenter. He is the spokesperson for the LSU AgCenter’s "Get It Growing project," an effort encouraging home horticulture throughout Louisiana. Dan is also author of "Month-by-Month Gardening in Louisiana" and co-author of the "Louisiana Gardener’s Guide."
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If you're planning to add some trees or shrubs to your landscape, it's a good idea to get this done as soon as possible. The ideal planting season for...
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The next several months are a popular time for adding new beds of shrubs, ground covers, and flowers to the landscape. It's also a popular time for rewo...
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February, March, and April are popular months to fertilize. There's some real confusion about what fertilizers are and why we use them. That confusion c...
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As a gardener, you must understand a fundamental principle of how plants grow. Plants consume light to provide the energy they need to power and build t...
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Every year, Louisiana gardeners see amazingly beautiful beds of pansies, violas, dianthus, snapdragons, and many others, whose peak blooming season is a...
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Early February is an excellent time to prune repeat flowering roses. And now is the time to get this done if you haven't pruned them already. Repeat flo...
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Virtually all trees in our landscapes will need to be pruned during their lives, particularly in the first two decades after planting. Sometimes a tree...
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January and February are excellent months to plant trees in Louisiana. If you're thinking about adding shade trees, small spring or summer flowering...
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These days, gardeners mostly purchase vegetable transplants at local nurseries for their spring plantings. Wonderful transplants of vegetables like toma...
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If you've ever visited a nursery in the spring on the weekend, you're bound to see a parking lot full of cars, and a nursery full of shoppers.Spring...