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Get It Growing: Lilies of the Nile can add elegant color to your landscape

[Video](6/25/20) LSU AgCenter horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard explains why this elegant, tall-stemmed plant is a good choice for your landscape.

Get It Growing: How to group different texture plants to create impressive effects

[Video](5/31/20) Heather Kirk-Ballard describes how you can plant a variety of textured plants together to strengthen the aesthetic impact of your landscape.

Extreme gardening and the art of saving seeds

(05/29/20) Growing vegetables from your own seeds is probably one of the most fulfilling achievements of vegetable gardening.

Prepare lawns, landscapes, gardens for hurricane season

(05/22/20) The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will begin on June 1 and now is the time to prepare your yard, gardens and landscapes for bad weather.

Whether you call it chaste tree or vitex, it’s a great landscape plant

(05/15/20) Chaste tree, also known as vitex, is simple in ease of care but is far from being plain.

Get It Growing: Here’s how to pollinate vegetable flowers

[Video] (5/11/20) LSU AgCenter horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard shows you how to properly pollinate your plants.

Get It Growing: Here’s how to fill holes in your lawn

[Video] (5/11/20) LSU AgCenter horticulturist Heather Kirk-Ballard shows you an economical way to fill in those unsightly holes.

Create bouquets with cut flowers, greenery

(05/08/20) You can create a gorgeous arrangement for your home or someone special with just a few items.