Danger! Japanese Beetles are Everywhere
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Click "Read More" below to see the full story!
60th Anniversary of the MN Landscape Arboretum
This year marks the 60th year of the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum as well as the 60th anniversary of the Lake Minnetonka Garden Clubs partnership with the Arboretum. Forty nine members of the club were honored guests at the Gala on June 21st. Read more about the partnership between the Arboretum and the LMGC on our Arboretum Connection page.
Garlic Mustard Pull – 2018
Each spring the Lake Minnetonka Garden Club heads out to Wolsfeld Woods to pull the spring crop of garlic mustard. We encourage community members to watch for the invasive garlic mustard in your own gardens.
Cucumber Vines – But No Pickles for You
I was driving on 35 W just South of Minneapolis and saw a vine that literally covered a large number of trees, fences, and shrubs along the highway....even traveling at 60 mph the vine was clearly visible. The vine was covered with small white flowers and I thought they looked quite pretty....but then thought to myself, "YIKES! Are these guys [...]
Yellow Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Monday as we were working at the Depot Garden we spied this little guy munching away on the Joe Pye Weed….Yes…he is a yellow woolly bear, Spilosoma virginica. He was quite large….and absolutely adorable. Like it’s cousin, Pyrrharctia Isabella, (the familiar black and brown wooly bear), it becomes a moth at adulthood. This charming fuzzy yellow guy become the white [...]
Spring into Summer
Peonies….what great cut flowers. Their blooms are so large they make a big impact with only a few blossoms. What if you could make the season last longer? Would you do it? Well, here is an idea that prolongs peonies for later….much later…. bouquets….. Commercial cut flower operations pick their peony buds and can successfully store them for up to [...]