You may need to alternate between cutting and pulling before sufficiently loosening the shrub. If you have large roots sticking out of the ground after removal, use your mattock to cut them out of the hole. When you dig up the bush at the roots, you’ll take care of the whole plant, ...
What do you need to get started? 1. Pruning shears The first thing that you’re going to need if you want to remove shrubs ispruning shears. This gardening tool is very important because this is the one that you’re going to use to cut and remove the overgrown branches and twigs of ...
Overwatering can cause root rot, and if your shrubs are close to a city street, road salt buildup can be fatal. To remove a bush or shrub, dig out from the base of the plant, including the roots, and be prepared to remove an extensive root system on large, old shrubs. Be sure ...
Shrubs can be formal or informal, used as a hedge for privacy, be specimens or focal points, grow along a fence or wall, provide allure through foliage and/or flowers, lend interest to the otherwise bleak winter garden, and be low ground covers or 15′ tall. Shrub choice is very importa...
Here’s how to sow seeds and what that means exactly. Get your garden started with this handy guide.
As a slow-growing shrub, wintersweet is the perfect addition to any backyard, whether you have limited space or large borders. It can, if left alone, grow to the size of a small tree, but with a little care and maintenance, you can easily prune wintersweet to fit in with your space....
Often grown as a large shrub or multi-stemmed tree with grey bark. It can grow to 7m (22') in height, although there are many cultivars which have been developed to grow to a much smaller plant at full maturity. A strong sweet scent. There are also several Syringa hybrids which ...
Podocarpus is a coniferous shrub that makes an excellent accent in a large border. Unfussy and dense, they’re also perfect hedging plants! This genus of attractive evergreen shrubs and trees likes warm weather and sunshine. While low-maintenance, these plants are slow to moderate growers. Choos...
The gardenia is a tender evergreen shrub with amazingly fragrant flowers and shiny, dark-green leaves. A native of the tropics, it tends to need a bit of extra care to grow its best. Here’s how to plant, grow, and care for gardenias in your garden or home!
Ceanothus, or ‘California Lilac’, is a beautiful and eye-catching perennial shrub. The vivid and prolific blooms are usually blue, but white and pink varieties are available too. This large bush is easy to grow in the UK – read on for everything you need to know about growing this ...