It may seem like an odd time of year to be pruning, but this is the time you should be attending to your fruit trees. This applies to edible fruit trees as well as ornamental. Here are a few reasons why you should be pruning now. Photo credit: Stanley Zimny on Visualhunt / CC BY-NC 1 – The best […]
Fall is a great time of year to organize, repair and clean your garden tools. After a season of working hard in the landscape it is a good idea to put your tools away in top shape. That was in the spring you can get gardening ASAP! The following a short checklist of tasks you […]
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Quickfire’ is another of my favorite varieties. It grows 6-8’ tall and 5-6’ wide but with a much more upright habit than ‘Limelight’ which I spoke of in my last blog. Again 5-6 hours of sunlight is required with a well drained soil tolerating a variety of soil types. Photo credit: Fred Ortlip […]
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ is one of my favorite varieties. It grows 6-8’ tall and 5-6’ wide so it needs a generous space either planted alone or in groups. 5-6 hours of sunlight is required with a well drained soil but will tolerate a variety of soil types. Photo credit: Michele Dorsey Walfred via Visual Hunt […]
Following are a few rules of thumb I use when teaching pruning. 1) There are exceptions to all rules. 2) Right Plant = Right Place – If you chose the right plant for a site, one that does not outgrow the area and is in the right exposure you will minimize any necessary pruning. 3) […]
A common question is when should a certain plant be pruned. Often it is a generic question as to when should one prune. The timing of when a plant should be pruned to me is less important than how it is pruned. More often than not people are whacking away at their plants with shears […]
I have never been a fan of fussy Hybrid Tea Rose bushes. They’re kind of like a pet. (I’m reminded of a purbred Irish Setter I knew as a kid…) Then I met the ‘Knokcout’ Rose bush. A trademark mane that comes in colors of light yellow pink and red (really a dar, hot pink) […]
Bonsai is pronounced with a long ‘o’ (bone-sigh). When pronouncing with a short ‘o’ it means attack, like in the war movies with the Japanese pilots. The dictionary defines bon-sai as: a potted plant dwarfed by special methods of culture; the art of growing such a plant. I know it as “The Art of Pruning”. […]
