Colorado State University provides research-based
information to the public via campus and Extension offices, websites, and blogs. There’s A LOT of information out there and
sometimes it takes time to find exactly what you need. How do you find
information about horticulture and landscape issues that isn’t too long,
technical and detailed? What if you are
just looking for a short and sweet synopsis on seeding a lawn? Bromeliads?
Butterfly gardening? Selecting trees? Click on over to Planttalk Colorado™ for quick facts for your garden, landscape,
houseplants and lawns
Planttalk Colorado provides reliable, timely
information on more than 600 horticultural topics. Planttalk is sponsored by CSU Extension, Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG)
and the Green Industries of Colorado.
All of the information is researched-based, and not just ‘what I read on
the internet’. On the left hand side of
the Planttalk web page, there’s an
index with topics such as annuals/perennials, design, insect/diseases,
water-wise landscaping, etc. Under the topics, there are a plethora of
informational scripts about individual subjects that you need to know. Don’t
want to wade through 600 individual Planttalks?
No problem! There’s a search feature on the right hand side of the main page.
Type in what you’d like information about and it will list the Planttalk scripts on your topic.
But wait, that’s not all! On the main Planttalk webpage, there is a list of ‘Hot
Topics’ which are timely for the season. It’s finally spring, so those hot
topics include pre-emergent crabgrass control, buying trees and shrubs, growing
onions from seed, etc. Click on those topics and go directly to the Planttalk script.
You want more? We got it! On the right-hand side of the
page, there are Planttalk scripts on
many topics en Espanol. You can learn
to ‘cultivo de cebollas a partir semillas’ and practice Spanish at the same
time. There are also videos on specific
topics such as pruning trees, reseeding a lawn, roses for Colorado and other
topics. Hear and sometimes see your favorite horticulturist as they talk you
through various subjects. There’s also a list of CSU and related blogs
on the Planttalk site, such as CSU
CO-Hort blog (you’ve already found that one!) as well as DBG blog, Plant Select
and our own Carol O’Meara, CSU Extension Horticulturist-Boulder County, on her ‘Gardening
after Five’ blog.
A favorite feature about
a Planttalk script is it also
provides links to other pertinent CSU information about the subject matter. So
if there’s not enough information on lawn aeration on the Planttalk script, there’s a link to another
Planttalk script or Fact Sheet on the
same subject with even more information.
So head on over to Planttalk Colorado and locate seasonal gardening information you
need for your landscape. Can’t find a script for a subject you’re interested
in? Please leave us a comment and let us know. We’re always looking for new
ideas for Planttalk scripts to
provide to you and other Colorado gardeners with timely, reliable and fast information.
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