Horticulture
Twin Creeks District is dedicated to providing research-based information for all your horticultural needs. From gardening to lawn care to windbreak management, we can answer your home landscape questions and provide educational programming based on your needs. Other services we offer include field calls, soil sampling, plant identification, plant disease identification and more.
Contact
Keith VanSkike
Agriculture and Natural Resources
(785) 877-5755
kvan@ksu.edu
Upcoming Events
RESOURCES FOR PLANTING TREES
Kansas Forest Service Conservation Tree Planting Program
Preferred Trees for Northwest Kansas
Shade and Ornamental Trees for Kansas
Staking and Guying Landscape Trees
Trees and Shrubs for Difficult Sites
Trees and Shrubs That Attract Songbirds and Wildlife
RESOURCES FOR COMMON TREE PROBLEMS
KSU Horticulture Info Center Plant and Pest Problems Publications
Helpful Publications:
Find-Use your Zip code to find local farmers markets! Visit the Seasonal and Simple website.
Lawn and Garden Pests:
Turfgrass
- Ants
- Clover Mites
- Chiggers
- Crickets
- Grasshoppers
- Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
- Turfgrass Insect Pests
- Annual White Grubs in Turf
- Winter Grain Mites
- Buffalograss Webworms
Garden
- Early-Season Vegetable Insect Pests
- Grasshoppers
- Pests in the Flower Garden
- Squash Bugs and Squash Vine Borers
- Tomato and Tobacco Hornworm
- Asparagus Beetle
- Spider Mites on Tomatoes
Tree and Shrub
- Bagworms
- Borers: Common Kansas Species
- Borers: Management and Prevention
- Boxelder and Red-shouldered Bugs
- Elm Leaf Beetles
- Emerald Ash Borer
- European Pine Sawfly
- Hackberry Nipplegall Maker (Psyllids)
- Japanese Beetle
- Web Producing Caterpillars in Kansa