Tag: csu research
Can Chilling Stock Plants Improve Vegetative Cutting Production?
Obtaining enough vegetative cuttings from some desirable ornamental taxa can be challenging, especially for taxa that flower over a long period of time. Examples...
Woody Plant Research Update for 2023
Yearly, researchers at Colorado State University (CSU) evaluate over 1,300 taxa of woody plants for adaptability, ornamental flowers, fruit, fall color and pest problems....
Chad Miller, Ph.D., is the New CSU Hort Professor
When Chad Miller, Ph.D., joined the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University (CSU) in January, he had just finished his...
CHREF Update
Big changes are in the works for the Colorado Horticulture Research and Education Foundation (CHREF). In addition to the continual funding of research, ongoing...
CSU Research: “Top Performer” Perennials from the 2022 CSU Flower Trial
In 2022, Colorado State University continued its three-year herbaceous perennial trial and chose eight perennials as the ‘Top Performers’ from 113 that were planted...
Jennifer Bousselot is Farming in the City: CSU’s Spur Campus Shows...
With the opening of two new research green roofs at CSU’s Spur Campus in Denver – on the Terra and Hydro buildings – Jennifer...
CSU RESEARCH: Update – Some Proven Herbaceous Perennials from CSU Trials
Tania Lemus, Undergraduate Horticulture Student,
Colorado State University
At Colorado State University, we continue to evaluate herbaceous perennial performance at our Perennial Demonstration Teaching, Research Outreach...
CSU RESEARCH: 2021-22 Cool Season Trials Top Picks for Off-Season Color
This was the fourteenth year that Colorado State University (CSU) has conducted Cool Season Trials at the Annual Flower Trial Garden. The overall goal...
CSU RESEARCH: First Year Perennials with Superior Flowering from 2021 Perennial...
The Perennial Trial Garden Committee at Colorado State University (CSU) met recently to determine which plants from our 2021 trial were “Superior First Year...
CSU Horticulture Students Are the Future of Horticulture
I’ll start by writing this: the future of horticulture is in good hands. Here’s why I feel this way.
It started last spring at a...
