Fact Sheets

Increase Your Gardening Knowledge

Here, at The Planter’s Palette, we strive to provide the most helpful and accurate information possible for our customers. We love to help others learn about plants and their care. Stop by and pick up one of these handouts or print one yourself! If you have any questions or need even more information, please give us a call at (630)-293-1040.

• Agapanthus, Caring for and Overwintering
• Amaryllis, Care of
• Annual Climbers
• Annuals and Herbs that Attract Butterflies
• Annuals for Cutting and Drying
• Ants
• Aphids
• Apple Scab
• Asian Longhorned Beetles
• Aster Yellows
• Bed (Soil) Preparation
• Bees, Wasps, and Hornets
• Beetles
• Beneficial Insects
• Biblical Plants
• Biological Pest Control
• Birdseed-Wreaths
• Black Knot
• Black Spot
• Black Walnut Toxicity
• Blooming Times of Selected Spring Bulbs
• Borers
• Botrytis (Gray Mold)
• Broadcasting Seeding a Prairie
• Bulb Selection and Planting
• Bulbs for Naturalizing
• Cankers
• Caterpillars, Damage and Control
• Cicadas, Damage and Control
• Clematis Wilt
• Common Insects and Recommended Controls
• Composting and Vermiculture, Interesting Facts about
• Coverage Chart for Mulches and Compost
• Deer, Damage and Control
• Dry Shade, Plants for
• Drying, Methods for Perennials
• Dutch Elm Disease
• Earwigs
• Easy Perennials for Beginning Gardener
• Endless Summer Hydrangeas Flowers and Soil pH
• Fall Flowering Perennials
• Fungus Gnats
• Galls
• Grasshoppers, Damage and Control
• Gypsy Moths, Damage & Control
• Hummingbirds, Plants that Attract
• Hydrangea Care
• Iris Borer (Soft Rot)
• Japanese Beetles (White Grubs)
• Larval Food Sources for Butterflies
• Leafhoppers
• Leafminers
• Making Birdhouses from Birdhouse Gourds
• Mealybugs
• Mildews
• Miscellaneous Problems
• Native Grasses and Sedges
• Native Prairie Plants
• Native Woodland Wildflowers
• Nutrient Deficiencies
• Opossums, Damage and Control
• Organic and Biological Controls
• Organic and Biological Solutions
• Ornamental Grass Features
• Ornamental Grasses that Perform in Shade
• Peonies, Reasons Why They Don't Bloom
• Perennials and Vines with Showy Fruit or Seedheads
• Perennials for Dry Soils
• Perennials for Foliage Effect
• Perennials for Moist Sites
• Perennials for Rock Gardens
• Perennials for Wet Soils
• Perennials that Attract Butterflies
• Perennials that Deer Won't Eat First
• Perennials with Flowers Good for Cutting
• Perennials with Fragrant Flowers or Foliage
• Perennials, Long-blooming
• Plant Bugs, Damage and Control
• Plant Forms (Shapes)
• Planting Guide
• Plants that Attract Birds
• Plants that Attract Hummingbirds
• Plants that Deer Won't Eat First
• Poisonous Plants
• Pruning Hydrangeas
• Pruning Tips for Vines
• Pruning Your Perennials
• Rabbit Resistant Plants
• Rabbits, Damage and Control
• Rain Garden Basics
• Rain Garden Plant List
• Recipes for Animal Repellents
• Retail Departments Map
• Rhododendrons
• Root and Stem Rots
• Rose Care
• Roses, Pruning of
• Roses, Spring Pruning
• Rust Diseases
• Salt, Perennials Tolerant of
• Sawflies
• Scale
• Skunks
• Slime Molds
• Slugs, Damage and Control
• Sowbugs and Pillbugs
• Spacing Number of Plants Needed
• Spider Mites
• Spittlebugs
• Squirrels and Chipmunks, Control
• Steps for Bulb Planting and Forcing
• Storing Tender Bulbs for the Winter
• Sun Tolerant Hostas
• Tent Caterpillar, Eastern
• Thrips
• Tomato Insects and Diseases
• Trees and Shrubs - Fertilizing
• Tulips that Perennialize in the Garden
• Vegetable Insects
• Viruses, Plant
• Water Problems - Too Little or Too Much
• Weevils
• Whitefly
• Wilts
• Woodchucks
• Zone 3 Perennials at The Planter's Palette