In this article, we’ll discuss some of the best low-maintenance trees you can plant to achieve that perfect level of privacy in your backyard. There are several varieties of trees that make excellent privacy screens, as they require minimal care once they’re established. Factors to consider ...
How can the growing demand for infrastructure, housing, healthcare, and education be met without depleting natural resources? While recycling initiatives are gaining traction, they remain insufficient. In this context, more innovative solutions are emerging, proposing the use of agricultural waste, such...
Pruning is simply the removal of wood that is diseased, damaged, dead, or growing in the wrong direction. Pruning for other reasons usually means that the tree or shrub is probably in the wrong place to begin with. Many shrubs and trees have fallen victim to aggressive pruning; some ...
Less than ideal conditions, such as growing a sun-loving shrub in shade, will result in a plant that may survive but won’t thrive, increasing the potential for it to succumb to disease, to develop longer, weaker branches and therefore need additional pruning to manage its shape and size....
Growing Low-Chill Fruit Trees; Green Thumb with Maree Curran
If you’re looking for a low-maintenance plant you can use as a foundation plant or a privacy screen, you might want to consider the firethorn shrub! These shrubs can grow tall, reaching 15 feet in height. They’re also fast-growing plants that thrive in full sunlight. They can grow...
Our 7 tips for low-maintenance landscaping in Wichita: 1. Choose perennials 2. Pick the right grass 3. Stay local with a native garden Native wildflowers: Native shrubs and trees: Native vines: 4. Incorporate hardscaping 5. Mulch 6. Use ground covers ...
and the light blue of the dog violet. It will be noticed that the tints of these flowers seem positively to shine in the low herbage and among the semi-shade of the trees and bushes. After twice going through the descriptions of flowers growing in similar situations, given in Hooker's ...
Short- and long-term responses of trees to drought can be assessed using tree-ring data, allowing a retrospective quantification of drought effects at annual resolution for numerous individuals, sites and species (e.g. refs.30,31). Growth resilience can be defined as the capacity of a tree ...
Work with the space you have, and remember, the key here is allocating enough space for your plants to grow and thrive without overgrowing or spreading in areas where you don’t want them. Get to know the type of garden soil you have and the light conditions in the area. This way, ...