Pruning Tree-Like Shrubs Ball warns that renewal and rejuvenation pruning only apply to blooming shrubs that have numerous canes. Don’t try it with tree-like shrubs with few stems, or evergreen shrubs such as yews or arborvitae. Instead, treat those plants as trees and follow the guidelines...
but flat, wide tops collect it. You may still need to tie up certain shrubs or arborvitae, but choosing plants that naturally grow in these shapes will ease this winter chore and reduce the chance for structural damage.
Camellias are large shrubs that are popular due to their evergreen, broad leaves and large, showy flowers that bloom from winter through spring. Without adequate yearly pruning, your camellia can become overgrown, producing less-attractive flowers and developing thin branches. Overgrown camellias are ...
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Yew shrubs form a beautiful, natural hedge Yews are absolutely beautiful when left to grow unpruned – the foliage is soft, remains green year round and is one heck of a windbreak. Yews planted the proper distance from each other (depending on cultivar) will grow together to make aperfect ...
evergreen shrubs such as juniper (Juniperus spp.) and arborvitae (Thuja spp.). The caterpillars are mostly larvae of different kinds of moths. A caterpillar-like larva belongs to a wasp relative called a sawfly. Caterpillars are easiest to control if you find them while they are still small...
Upright pyramidal habit, grows 8 to 12 feet tall and 3 to 6 feet wide. Exposure: Full sun Color: Blue-green Plant closely together for a good windbreak or screen from the elements. Frame entryways or line driveways or walkways. Trim into more formal or conical shapes or leave naturally ru...
DON'TClipevergreen hedgeswhen they are dry, so during the summer water the hedge the evening before a trim. DON'TBe tempted to cut straight lines ‘by eye’; some kind of hedge clipping guide is needed. A piece of string stretched between two poles is the easiest way to create a strai...
Rejuvenate an older shrub by selectively removing up to 1/3 of the oldest branches distributed throughout the shrub. Take each branch down to the crown of the plant, being sure to collect and discard the cuttings. Mahonia is a genus of flowering and fruiting evergreen shrubs with more than...
The foliage on an evergreen tree will become brown or bleached out for a few different reasons during the winter. Thewinter sun and wind can cause the tree to lose waterthat its frozen roots can’t replenish, or the rapid changes to the temperature when the sun is down can injure or ki...