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University of Wyoming Extension
1000 E. University Ave, Department #3354
Laramie, WY 82071
Email: barnyardsbackyards@uwyo.edu


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Barnyards & Backyards

Landscaping
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Add color, texture to winter landscapes with these suggestions
Autumn landscaping chores
Enjoy your indoor house plants this winter by keeping them pest free
Extreme gardening: Microclimates - making them work for you
How to prep, plant, and care for ornamental garden beds that delight for years
Make the most of your winter by propagating indoor plants
Manure boosts Wyoming landscapes no matter the source
Nothing complex about Cam-Plex success
Ordinary fall garden chores plant opportunities for extraordinary next year
Rain garden design filters, directs runoff from Gillette three‑acre parking lot
Starting plants from seed indoors - The basics
The right plants in the right place. Water-wise landscaping
Barnyards and Backyards Featured Landowners Articles
Featured property update: Adams
Featured Landowner: Blooming where they are planted
Featured Landowners: Gardening in Laramie Valley is like gardening on a different planet
Featured Landowners: Leanne Hutchinson & Barb Martinez
Featured Landowner: Master Gardener creates peaceful landscape blending with surrounding prairie
Featured Landowners: Rural Casper venture grew a family while cultivating tree, vegetable business
Featured Landowners: Small acreage near Powell shows how couple overcome Wyoming challenges
Gardens to Visit (for ideas & inspiration)
Wyoming Gardens to Visit
Surrounding States:
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (Vail, CO)
Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver, CO)
Red Butte Gardens (Salt Lake, UT)
The Gardens on Spring Creek (Fort Collins, CO)
The Gardens at Kendrick Lake (Lakewood, CO)
Yampa River Botanic Park (Steamboat Springs, CO)
Websites
Creating Native Landscapes in the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains (USDA- NRCS)
Wyoming Gardens to Visit
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
A guide to growing cut flowers in Wyoming
A list of some pollinator friendly plants (also calendar of when they bloom)
Add plucky, pollinator-friendly penstemons to your garden
An ode to the sweet smells of summer (fragrant flowers)
Bulbs well-adapted to our inhospitable climate
(Cut flowers) Featured Landowner: Blooming where they are planted
Do you know these native, water-wise plants?
Get garden beds into tiptop shape for winter
Late summer/early fall flowering plants help pollinators
Newbie offers plant suggestions to grow cut flowers
Short, sweet, tough
Starting plants from seed indoors - The basics
These troopers take high elevations, short growing seasons in stride
Wildflowers can enhance landscapes and gardens
Wyoming Wow
UW Extension Publications and misc.
Care of Flowering Potted Plants (UW CES pub B-1146R)
Landscaping: Container Gardening (UW CES pub B-1239R)
Landscaping: Flowering Annuals for Wyoming (UW CES pub B-1170R)
Landscaping: Herbaceous Perennials for Wyoming (UW CES pub B-1152R)
Plants with Altitude: Regionally Native Plants for Wyoming Gardens (March 2014)
List of water-wise flowers (with some deer resistance info)
Rocky Mountain natives for Wyoming landscapes (UW CES Newspaper Insert 2009)
Promoting Pollinators on Your Place: A Wyoming Guide (check out pages 34-38 for chart of when flowers bloom and page 61 onward for pictures and info on flowers)
Growing roses in Laramie
Videos
Series of video clips on flower and bulb topics
Trees & Shrubs web page
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Native Plants - page with more information on identifying, growing and more!
Looking for winners in your landscapes? Consider these
The right plants in the right place. Water-wise landscaping (B&B Wyoming Rural Living Resources guide section)
To be a weed. To not be a weed. It all depends.
What if we had a drought and landscape plants didn't know it
Plant Picture Guides (to help with plant selection)
A list of some pollinator friendly plants (also see this calendar of when they bloom)
Water-wise Demonstration Garden booklet (the plants used in the demonstration garden in Laramie)
WyoScape Xeric Demonstration Garden Guide (the plants used in this Casper demonstration garden)
UW Extension Publications and misc.
Landscaping: Water-Wise Wyoming Gardens (UW CES pub B-1143R)
Plants with Altitude: Regionally Native Plants for Wyoming Gardens (March 2014)
Rangeland Plants: Wyoming Tough (March 2014)
List of water-wise flowers (with some deer resistance info)
Videos
A Few Native Plants for Gardens Video (~23 min)| Audio only
Maintaining your landscape on limited water ( Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)
Native plants for gardens ( Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)
Plants for pollinators ( Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)
Water-wise landscaping ( Barnyards & Backyards Live! show)
Water-wise Plants for Wyoming (3 short clips featuring different plants you can use in a water wise landscape)
Gardens to Visit (for ideas & inspiration)
Wyoming Gardens to Visit
Surrounding States:
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (Vail, CO)
Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver, CO)
Red Butte Gardens (Salt Lake, UT)
The Gardens on Spring Creek (Fort Collins, CO)
The Gardens at Kendrick Lake (Lakewood, CO)
Yampa River Botanic Park (Steamboat Springs, CO)
More Pollinator Planting Resources
For even More pollinator resources - check out our Promoting Pollinators Guide  
A list of some pollinator friendly plants (also calendar of when they bloom)
Some sources which sell native plants or seed - Plants,  Seed
Establishing Pollinator Meadows from Seed, Xerces Society (advocacy group)
Gardening for Native Bees in Utah and Beyond,  Utah State University Extension Fact Sheet
Gardening and Landscaping Practices for Nesting Native Bees,  Utah State University Extension Fact Sheet
Tunnel Nests for Native Bees: Nest Construction and Management ,  (discusses types of nests you can provide and how to reduce pests and pathogens) Xerces Society (advocacy group)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (Click on "Species Search" and "Regional Checklist", then State and County if desired. Then click on insect of interest to see food plants for each species.) Site has quite a few ads.
Finding hummingbird arrival dates eBird website
 
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Barnyards & Backyards
University of Wyoming Extension
1000 E. University Ave, Department #3354
Laramie, WY 82071
Email: barnyardsbackyards@uwyo.edu


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