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Robin Buterbaugh

SDSU Extension Horticulture Field Specialist

605-688-6707

McCrory Gardens
631 22nd Ave.
Brookings, SD 57007

Robin supports the citizens of South Dakota in her role as an SDSU Extension Horticulture Field Specialist based in Brookings.

Also by Robin Buterbaugh

Tulip plant with ice crystals on foliage due to frost.

Frost and Freeze Impacts on Plants

Farmers and gardeners often use the terms frost and freeze interchangeably, but the two are not the same. Understanding these differences, along with the ways frost and freeze impact spring planting, can help protect farms and gardens.

Plant profiles of purple prairie clover, white prairie clover, and golden prairie clover.

Prairie Clovers of South Dakota

Many of us are familiar with the white clover growing in our lawns or the yellow sweet clover growing in rangelands, but did you know that South Dakota has several native prairie clovers that are beneficial for pollinators, birds, and wildlife?

Annual trials garden at McCrory Gardens
Jun 30

Garden Hour

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