(Video: 06/29/14) It’s a nice perk to have beautiful flowers that keep blooming year after year at the same time, without having to replant. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to one of those — a native perennial called Stoke’s aster. (Runtime: 1:50 seconds)

(Video: 06/27/14) A demonstration of a drone highlighted research on display at the LSU AgCenter Northeast Research Station Field Day. LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard attended the field day and has this report. (Runtime: 1:51 seconds)

(Distributed 06/27/14) HAMMOND, La. –Many people think attracting hummingbirds is as easy as hanging a feeder. But that is not always successful because many hummingbirds are not accustomed to using feeders. It can be frustrating to put out a feeder and never see a hummingbird.

(Distributed 06/27/14) CROWLEY, La. – The threat of rain kept activities indoors at the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station’s 105th annual field day, but that didn’t dampen enthusiasm for the event Thursday (June 25) with roughly 400 people in attendance.

(Distributed 06/26/14) CROWLEY, La. – An LSU AgCenter official urged the Louisiana Rice Growers Association Board of Directors to make comments at a listening session of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aimed at receiving input for a proposed set of regulations that would revise the Clean Water Act.

(Distributed 06/25/14) BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana homes and other buildings that are infested with tawny crazy ants now have a remedy as a result of a Section 18 quarantine exemption use label for Termidor SC insecticide

(Audio 07/01/14) Fall webworms make a strange webbing in the branches of trees and shrubs. They aren’t as destructive as you think; the worms just damage the leaves that are within the webbing. The actual branch isn’t affected. Listen to learn more about what to do concerning webworms in your landscape. (Runtime: 60 seconds)

(Audio 07/01/14) Between the heat and afternoon rain showers, the grass in your lawn tends to grow a lot faster than normal. Because of this, our lawn chores increase. Your grass will not only need to be cut more often, but depending on how long between rain showers, it may also need to be watered. (Runtime: 60 seconds)

(Audio 07/01/14) Because of the mild winter and early spring, figs trees are a little ahead of time. Birds, weather and summer diseases all have a huge impact on how well your figs trees produce. Listen to learn more about how to help your fig trees during the summer. (Runtime: 60 seconds)

(Audio 07/01/14) It isn’t too late to plant some of those late-summer vegetables and start transplants of others to plant as well. Most gardeners either work early in the morning or in the late afternoon to keep out of the daytime heat. Listen to learn more about how to beat the heat and what to plant in your gardens as late summer approaches. (Runtime: 60 seconds)