Author: amypowersplantscom
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Fox32 Fall Mums & Asters
Amy was on Fox32 Good Day Chicago on Saturday September 6, 2025 to talk about how to select the best Mums for Fall and how to best maintain them. She also explained that Mums are not native to Illinois so if you want Fall blooming perennials in your garden Asters…
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Fox32 Yew Hedges
Amy was on Good Day Chicago on Fox 32 on Wednesday August 27, 2025. She was telling the audience what garden coaching is and gave some tips on pruning yew hedges. Link to the video: https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1698090
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Fox32 Chicago News
Amy made a television appearance on Saturday August 2, 2025 at 8:15am. She was asked to be on Good Morning Chicago by co-anchor Elizabeth Mathews who is a Powers Plants follower. Elizabeth brought her containers to the studio and asked Amy to explain how to properly prune the leggy growth…
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Arlington Heights Tree Canopy Assessment Guide
Several non-profit organizations assessed the Chicago area tree canopy and produced an informative document on the current tree canopy and how much land there is in Arlington Heights to expand the tree canopy. This document includes easy to follow graphs depicting how much non-permeable surfaces there are in Arlington Heights…
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Adaptable Trees for a Changing Climate: Essential Tips
This is a great article listing out how trees are affected by the stressors of climate change. Best of all there is a comprehensive list of popular trees and how they are rated for surviving extreme temperatures (high emissions) or extreme low temperatures (low emissions) of the Chicago Region. This…