

Fact Sheets
Trees
- Colored Bark Mulch
- Comparing Production Systems for New England Nurseries
- Efficient Outdoor Watering
- Fall Cleanup Hazards
- Fall Color in New England
- Fall Maintenance Practices for Landscapes
- Fall Planting for Trees and Shrubs
- Fall Plantings, Successful Care
- Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs
- Guidelines for Planting Trees and Shrubs
- Helping Trees to Manage Stress
- Indoor and Outdoor Residential Water Conservation Checklist
- Inspection of Storm Damaged Trees
- Irrigation Systems and Trees
- Managing Soil Structure for Water Conservation in the Landscape
- Measuring Soil Moisture
- Mulching and Weed Management in the Urban Landscape
- Nutrient Management for Ornamentals
- Overwintering Container-Grown Ornamentals
- Planting and Maintaining Trees and Shrubs
- Pruning Blueberries
- Pruning Needled Evergreens
- Pruning Neglected Apple Trees
- Sour Mulch
- The Role of the Irrigation Audit in Water Conservation
- Trickle Irrigation
- Water Conservation in the Home Garden and Landscape
- Why Hydranagea macrophylla Don’t Flower
- Yard Waste Management in Massachusetts
- Arborvitae Needle Blight
- Beech Bark Disease
- Brown Rot of Stone Fruits
- Coral-spot Nectria Canker
- Dieback of Eastern White Pine
- Oak Anthracnose
- Phomopsis Canker
- Phyllosticta Leaf Blotch
- Root and Butt Rot caused by Bondarzewia berkeleyi
- Root and Butt Rot caused by Kretzschmaria deusta
- Root and Butt Rot caused by Phaeolus schweinitzii
- Root and Butt Rot Pathogens of Oak (Quercus spp.)
- Stigmina Needle Cast
- Tar Spot of Maple
- Target Canker of Hardwoods
- Trunk Rot caused by Climacodon septentrionalis
- Tubakia Leaf Blotch
- Information Regarding Ticks and Tick-Bourne Diseases
- Protecting Pollinators from Pesticide Exposure While Managing Insect Pests in Landscapes
- Scouting for Defoliating Pests of Trees and Shrubs
- Scouting for Piercing-Sucking Pests of Trees and Shrubs
- Spotted Lanternfly
- Tree and Shrub Insecticide Active Ingredients: Alternative to Neonicotinoids
- Tree and Shrub Insecticide Active Ingredients: Risks to Pollinators and Other Non-Target Organisms
Lawn
- Arborvitae Needle Blight
- Beech Bark Disease
- Brown Rot of Stone Fruits
- Coral-spot Nectria Canker
- Dieback of Eastern White Pine
- Oak Anthracnose
- Phomopsis Canker
- Phyllosticta Leaf Blotch
- Root and Butt Rot caused by Bondarzewia berkeleyi
- Root and Butt Rot caused by Kretzschmaria deusta
- Root and Butt Rot caused by Phaeolus schweinitzii
- Root and Butt Rot Pathogens of Oak (Quercus spp.)
- Stigmina Needle Cast
- Tar Spot of Maple
- Target Canker of Hardwoods
- Trunk Rot caused by Climacodon septentrionalis
- Tubakia Leaf Blotch
Vegetables
Flowers
Fruit
Resilient Gardening and Landscaping
Below are many resources that can help guide you to irrigate effectively with conservation in mind but can also help you build a more resilient landscape to periodic droughts.
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/long-term-drought-effects-on-trees-shrubs
- https://ag.umass.edu/home-lawn-garden/fact-sheets/water-conservation-in-home-garden-landscape
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/efficient-outdoor-watering
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/indoor-outdoor-residential-water-conservation-checklist
- https://ag.umass.edu/fact-sheets/managing-soil-structure-for-water-conservation-in-landscape
- https://ag.umass.edu/fact-sheets/measuring-soil-moisture
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/role-of-irrigation-audit-in-water-conservation
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/trickle-irrigation
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/landscaping-to-conserve-water
- https://ag.umass.edu/home-lawn-garden/fact-sheets/drought-tolerant-annuals-perennials
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/drought-tolerant-perennials
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/drought-tolerant-plants-for-landscape
- https://ag.umass.edu/landscape/fact-sheets/ornamental-grasses-for-water-conservation-in-landscape