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Allergy, unfairly maligned plants: Kay Neff
Annuals cover bulbs: Sylvia Whitmer
Arborvitaes bent from snow: Cindy Bakken
Aster: Debbie Juriga
Bachelor button: Sue White
Balloon flower/Platycodon: Mary Fizzell;
Beautybush: Kay White
Black walnut comptible plants: CGB
Blackeye Susan: Louise Shoksnyder
Botrytis: John and Barb Nowakowski
Boxwood
- leaf miner, Denise R.
- pruning, Denise R.; hedge/Pam Peterson;
Bulbs
- Late planting: Bulbs planted late
- Planting: Michael & Ann Feeney
Burren, Ireland: Debi Slentz
Butterfly weed: Marjory Miller
Campanula: Nick Mendes
Childrens' garden: Judy Jacobs
- Getting dirty: Elizabeth Nikkila
- Seed starting: Jan O.
Clematis:
- Pruning, Lynne E.; Pat Knoop; Rosemary Weil
Clothing
- padded knee pants: Caroline Bristol
Color for small spaces: Open Gate Garden Club
Columbine: Susan Masiak
Composite: A Lansing Gardener
Conifers:
- Beauty, lore and fun: Ann Tice
- Dwarf, conifers: Dennis and Carole Groh
Containers:
- potting mix: Nancy Giordano
- color: Rita Dunlop
Coral bells; Diane Bomba
Crabapples, disease resistant
Cutting back: Corky Smith
Daisy
- Latest bloom: Susan Purcell
Decorations from the garden: Elly Sullivan
Deer: Joan Curran
Deer: Candie Sorensen
Definitions (Scrabbling): Mark & Marie Koski
Delphinium: Lynn and Frank Balog
Design
   - disappointing: Sandra Bauer
   - Front entrance: David Colburn, Fran Knorr
   - Landscape inexpensively: Pamela Hoffman
   - Late bloom: Mary Topf
   - Privacy: Marilyn Alimpich
   - Quick fixes in late summer: Marion Harris
   - Small spaces, big color: Open Gate Garden Club
Digitalis: Audrey Eaton
Dividing perennial plants: Mary Topf
Dried flowers: Burdette Chapman
Dry places, choosing plants: Diane Macunovich
Endangered: Marilyn
Evergreens:
- Prune in winter: Denise R.;
- spring browing: Dr. Jim and Ann Sillers
Failure of new plants, why: Kay H
Fall color: Alaine Matherly Bush, Fran Knorr, Sally Gleason, Mary Topf
Falsecypress 'Alaska', Dennis Groh
false indigo: Carol Wright
False sunflower: Lee Collins
Fig tree: Overwintering, Bill Eyler
- de-scaling: Nancy and David Randall
flare: R. M.
Focal points: Paula Crafton
Foliage, fabulous design feature: Paula Fraser
Forums, great advice: Jim & Susan Masiak
Garden By Janet & Steven: Kerry Holley
Gingko: Mary Harlan
- Fall color and fruit: Joann R
Girdling root: Dot Wolff
Gloves: Corky Smith
Goldenrod: Kay Neff
Grasses, ornamental grasses
- Spring cut back: Mary Fizzell;
Groundcovers: Phebe Wong
Grubs:
- Good guy grubs: Michael & Ann Feeney
- Help lawn beat them: Rudy Salinger
Healthy gardener
- Garden to rejuvenate the soul: Connie & Gino Bruni
- Staying fit in winter: Pam Peterson,
Hedges:
- pruning boxwood, Pam Peterson;
Herbs and kids: Kathy Ross
Holiday greens, decorations: Terry Kozak, Master Gardener Association of Wayne County, Michigan, Elly Sullivan
Holly: Denny Gross
- pruning: Wayne Watson & Martha Frost-Watson
Honeysuckle:
- Mildew on honeysuckle: Lynne E
Houseplants:
- Water temperature: Patricia Hyland
Impatiens downy mildew: David Marshall
Indian Summer: Holly Pilon
Invasive plants: Terri Law, Fran Knorr
Iris
- Bearded iris hardiness, division, problems: Barb & George Carley
- Borer: Finnish Center Association
Irrigation:
- Water temperature: Patricia Hyland
Jade plant care: Barbara Vass
- Cut back: Dan Burns
Lawn:
- Help a lawn beat grubs: Rudy Salinger
- Lawn repair: Dorothy B.
- Springtime barrage: Phyllis B
Leaf spots: Anonymous
Lepoardplant: Alison Mackinder
Leaves hung on: Linda Harrison
Lichens: Dan Burns
Lights, holiday lights in the garden: Master Gardener Association of Wayne County, Michigan
Lilac pruning and borer prevention: Sherry Jones
Lilies: Susan Budrys
Loppers: Virginia Howcroft
Macunovich, Janet bio: Janet Schenk
Magnolia: Pat Byler; Marilyn Alimpich
Maintenance:
- Tough to keep up sometimes: Chris Everson
Mentors: Bobbi Kuschel
Mildew: Honeysuckle: Lynne E.
Monarda: Bogi K.
Mulberry, pruning weeping trees: Susan Campbell; Marilyn Alimpich
Mysterious wilt, sedum: Deb Green
Native plants, Jack Wallace
     bloom: A Lansing gardener
     countering invasive species: Judy Graham
     unfairly maligned: Kay Neff
Nature raked leaves: Marcia B.
Nuts, too many: Sue Leich
Orange tree: Jo Andes
Orchid care: An orchid lover,
Organic food: Dena Scher & Dean Purcell
Organic methods: Denise Kora
Overgrown holly:
Overwatering: Libby Howting
Overwintering tender plants: Bill Eyler
Path surfaces: J.B.
Peace lily: Jackie Swenson
Peony: Joann R
- no bloom: John and Barb Nowakowski
Perennial plants
- dividing: Mary Topf,
- perennial bed renewal: Maeve C
- pinching, deadheading and staking: Sue Leich
- shade plants: Heidi and Bonnie Lujan
- moving: Sylvia S.
- deadheading: Dot Wolff
Pest identification: Gena Calkins
Philosophy:
- Of gardening life: Kongsaeng Chris Everson
Planting:
- Trees: Michele Armstrong
Platycodoon/Balloon flower: Mary Fizzell;
Poinsettia: Virginia B.
Pots
- clever continual color: Fran Knorr
- lack of fertilizer: Dot Wolff
Potting soil: Nancy Giordano
Privacy in design: Marilyn Alimpich
Pruning:
- 1/3 pruning rule, broken: CGB
- arborvitaes bent from snow: Cindy Bakken
- barberry: CGB
- boxwood, Denise R.; hedge/Pam Peterson;
- Clematis: Lynne E.; Pat Knoop; Rosemary Weil
- Cutting back woody plants: A.Z.
- Deciding what to cut: David Colburn
- Dwarf conifers: Rich and Cindy LaFond
- Guide for shrubs and vines: Diane
- Holly, rejuvenate: D.C., Wayne Watson & Martha Frost-Watson
- Holly: cutting out winter damage: Sue Janczarek
- Jade: Dani Connolly, Barbara Vass
- Keep trees small: Kelly Allen
- Less work to cut hard: Dawn Truitt
- Magnolia: Pat Byler;
- Rhododendrons: Master Gardener Association of Wayne County, Michigan
- Roses: Sue Leich, Nancy Giordano
- Spirea, all specie:s Susan Witek
- Viburnum: Susan B.
- Weeping mulberry: Marilyn Alimpich; Susan Campbell;
- Winter pruning evergeens: Denise R.
- young tree, pruning: Dan and Judy Kurkowski
- yews, pruning: Judith Ann Storrs
Puzzles
- Tepal sepal: Mark and Marie Koski
Rabbits:
- Springtime barrage: Phyllis B
- Fencing: Susan Budrys
Roses
- pests: Elizabeth Nikkila
Reminders what to do: Marilyn Alimpich
Scrabbling: Mark and Marie Koski
Shade
- plants: Gina Wilson, Heidi and Bonnie Lujan
- shady yard, working under trees: Cathy Warnick
- more light under trees: Pat Fix
Shrubs: Kay White
Simplify work:
- Pruning: Dawn Truitt
Soil borne disease: Deb Green
Solidago: Maggie Carrao
Spring rush: Phyllis B
Scents: Gretchen Denton
Suckers from tree roots and trunk: Tamara Infusino
Summer bloom from scholar tree: Sandy O'Connell
Summer color perennials: Michele Armstrong
Tickseed: A gardener
Tools: Becki Lynch
- Tool care: Darl Slentz
- Tool sharpening: Lynn McAllister
Transplanting:
- Big juniper: Mary Hrynik
- Star magnolia: Kerry Holley
- Struggling tree: Judy K
Trees:
- Placement: Judy Jacobs
- Golden Rain tree: Sylvia Whitmer
- Ash replacement: N.W.
Pruning/Training a young tree: Dan and Judy Kurkowski
Tulips that are perennial: Phyllis and Allen R.
Veggies: Kathleen Polkowski
Vegetables in the landscape: Linda P. & Enya
- Starting from seed: Nancy Crawford
Wattle fencing: Virginia B.
Weeds and weeding
- Reclaiming weedy beds: Dorothy B.
- moon phase: Cindy E.
Weevils: Susan Budrys: Susan Budrys
Wildflowers: Carol Grubba, Elizabeth Littler
Wildlife: Fran Knorr, Egret;
Winter
- animal damage: Shelley Welch, Susan Budrys
Winter blooming plants: Ann Tice
Winter reading: Susan Maynard
Yew: Janet Hetherington
Zucchini: Rosemary Weil