A tidy hedge of abelia plants is easy to maintain, as the small foliage means that it looks good even when freshly trimmed. You can also rejuvenate an overgrown shrub by hard pruning. They tolerate that as well. The ideal time to prune is in late winter or early spring before it ...
In addition,do not plant the Japanese maple on your property line, as it can encroach on your neighbor’s property and they will have the right to prune it. Once again, consider its mature size and width and plant far enough from the property line where the tree can achieve this size ...
you don’t need to stake your tree at all. The natural movement of the stem will stimulate the tree to grow a thicker trunk and hold itself up. Trees are not known for their brains, so if you stake a tree so the trunk cannot move, the tree will ‘think’ it has a strong trunk ...
Buying plants for your garden, anything from a load of hedging bushes to a single perennial, always has a little bit of nervousness with it. The newer you are to gardening, the more nervous about your purchase you are likely to be. “Will they grow?”“What do I need to do?”“How...
They love to eat the new growth and ripe fruit from my apple trees. As the semi-dwarf apple trees grow higher I prune off all lower branches. The deer get a few branches and we get the rest the deer cannot reach on their hind legs. A 70-30 split favoring the upper primates!