Pruned roses produce almost twice as many flowers as those plants that don’t get pruned. Start at the bottom and work your way up. Wear gloves to protect your hands. Remove any dead, shriveled, black, diseased or broken wood. Make the cuts on an angle, about 1/4″ above buds. Tea roses should be 6″ – 8″ […]
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Summer is a great time for an addition of mulch to your planting beds for weed prevention and better soil moisture retention (2-3” layer). Be very careful not to mound the mulch up around the trunks of trees, as it can kill the tree. Maintaining good soil moisture is important – especially for new plantings. New plantings […]
Spring 2014 Crabgrass Control In Your Lawn Crabgrass is a summer annual plant that germinates in the spring and produces a large amount of seeds in the summer. In October the plants drop their seeds which will lay dormant in the soil and germinate the following spring. Crabgrass likes full sun, warm temperatures […]
Spring Renovating and Overseeding Your Lawn – Spring is the time to repair damaged lawns. – Get your grass thick and healthy to prevent weeds from invading your lawn. – With the abundant spring rains, now is the […]
Winter burn is discoloration resulting from plants not able to take up moisture from the ground because of our harsh winter and the frozen ground. This can cause needles or leaves of evergreens to dry out. Evergreens can loose moisture through their leaves or needles in the winter months. When the ground is frozen, the […]