A layer of one to two inches of shredded bark mulch spread around the shrub’s root zone (but not right against the base of the trunk) helps retain soil moisture and restrict weed competition. As you can see, the process of planting dwarf flowering shrubs is far easier than planting large...
Garden, thanks for the great tips. Garden Leaf Bloweron April 30, 2010: I have been planting trees for over 7 years (its my job) and there is some really great advice here. Here a few of my tips on planting trees: 1. Make sure that the tree you are considering does not have an ...
If you don't have a matching color on hand, work with your local home improvement store to use a paint chip to mix a color-matched paint. It's well-worth the time and effort to be precise here: A shade that you thought would be close enough at the store likely won't match the ...
The structure, quality and complexity of field margins is highly variable and this, too, can influence the dynamics of beneficial insects using them17. It is often assumed that increased botanical diversity, whether as herbs/forbs, shrubs or trees, will automatically increase insect functional and ...
In addition, smaller plants have been sheared fewer times, so they’re less dense and cast less shade on other plants’ bases. A hedge grown from whips becomes and remains full at the bottom. Larger shrubs, pruned repeatedly for fullness before being sold to the hedge planter, thin out at...
Gardeners divide them into trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, biennials and annuals, with sub-categories for plants thriving in particular soils or in certain aspects: sunny or shaded, dry or boggy. I could go on ad infinitum: herbs, grasses, succulents….. Nowhere is the horticultural ...
For example, forested buffers have been shown to help avert excessive amounts of fine sediment and nutrients delivered from disturbed upland soils (Hill, 1996; Kreutzweiser et al., 2009), riparian trees and shrubs shade streams to prevent rising water temperatures (Gomi et al., 2002; Kreutz...
The grapevines are underplanted with strawberries and serviceberry shrubs, because we can never have enough berries! These delicate pink raspberries grow off to the side of my front yard, but the plants are pretty invasive, and a little rangy for a front-yard garden. I’m moving them to a...
Garden Sentinel™Biofungicide– This is a preventative, broad-spectrum treatment for both fungal and bacterial diseases in vegetables, ornamentals, fruit trees, shrubs, flowers, bedding plants, potted ornamental plants and lawns. Instead of harsh chemicals like sulfur, this product uses naturally-occ...
boxwoods and hollies in the fall, because they are not likely to survive winter cold and wind so soon after planting. However, virtually all other temperate shade trees, ornamental trees, fruit trees, shrubs and woody perennials are perfect for planting in the fall, before the soil gets too ...