Landscaping How-To: Plant a Hedge
A hedge is more than plants standing in a row. Hedges mark property lines, line walkways, improve privacy, and highlight a garden focal point or even become the focal point. A hedgerow provides an ideal habitat
Fertilizing Endless Summer Hydrangea
Hold off on the Holly-Tone until fall. Your Hydrangea will spend this season adapting to its new environment and recovering from any transplant shock. Any fertilizer besides those specifically labeled for transpla
Its common for winter injury to remain dormant on evergreens, such as holly, until the weather begins to warm up. While the temperatures are still cold, the plant is not active. But with the arrival of warmer cond
Flowering shrubs provide a long-lived, low-fuss, eye-fetching framework in any garden design. And their rich array of form, foliage, fruit, and flowers can yield year-round rewards. continue reading below Cal
What Is the Appropriate Fertilizer for Pink Hydrangeas?
There is a fertilizer specially formulated to keep your hydrangea pink. You apply once a year in the spring and it will keep the plant healthy and in color. You should be able to find it at your local garden cente
The best time to prune nandina is in winter, when it is dormant. As far as how, the folks at Texas A&M University recommend cutting about a quarter of the stems down to the ground. Then cut a third of the tota
Controlling Bamboo Bamboo can easily get out of control as it grows. Successful containment of bamboo starts before you plant. Although a new planting spreads slowly in its early years, its growth soon speeds up.
How Should I Trim Back My Oleander?
Oleander grows vigorously and requires annual late-winter pruning to maintain a small size and attractive shape. Maintaining a 2-3-foot-tall oleander plant, though, is unrealistic, unless your oleander (Nerium ole
What Can I Do About Black Leaves on My Gardenia Bush?
First, determine if the black youre seeing is damage to the leaf itself, or if it looks more like a sooty coating. If its damage to the leaf itself, then it could be from physical injury, herbicide, or cold or hea
How Fast Do Encore Azaleas Grow?
How fast they grow depends on a lot of factors, including how large they are now, what the growing conditions are like, what kind of weather you have, etc. A general rule is the smaller a plants mature size is, th
When Should I Prune Red Twig Dogwoods: Before or After They Bloom?
Red twig dogwood (Cornus alba Sibirica) and red osier dogwood (C. stolonifera) bear small white flowers, but unlike their treelike cousin flowering dogwood, they are primarily prized for their colorful red stems.
Snowball, or smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) prefers rich, well-drained soil that stays consistently moist. It does best with morning sun and afternoon shade, or dappled shade all day. The more cool morni
Why Is My Boxwood Turning Yellow?
The timing of the yellowing suggests that this is winter injury. Internal stem tissues that conduct water and nutrients are often damaged over winter, but the damage doesnt show up on the leaves until the temperat
Shrub Border Basics A flowering azalea shrub provides a splash of color. Though all shrubs are "clothed" with foliage, not all are simultaneously decorated with flowers. To increase the attractiveness
Why Are the Leaves on My Rhododendron Rolling Up and Wilting?
Depending on the time of year, the rolling and wilting of your rhododendron leaves could be caused by cold temperatures or a disease called rhododendron wilt. During the winter, rhododendron leaves often droop and
Is There Any Way to Keep Lilacs from Wilting in a Vase?
The best time to cut lilac blossoms is early in the morning when theyre fully hydrated. Cut the stems with sharp, clean pruning shears, then immediately plunge the cut stems into a bucket of water. Indoors, get a
How Can I Treat the Yellow Leaves on My Oleanders?
Yellowing of oleander leaves is a common symptom that the plants are too dry. Get out your hose and flood the root zone of the plants with water, then wait an hour or two and do it again. If the water runs over th
Shrubs combine the year-round presence of trees with the seasonal color appeal of many herbaceous plants, and they do it at eye level, where their efforts to please can be appreciated. They give us the background, fore
continue reading below Enhance Your Landscape with Bamboo Plants Its easy to fall for lucky bamboo -- the plant is easy to grow, has a distinct look, and comes in a wealth of varieties. But you need to
Is it OK to Cut Down Peonies After Blooming?
You can trim off the dead peony blooms, but leave the foliage intact. The plant needs all of its leaves to build up the blooms for next year. Similarly, you can cut off the bloom stalks of Stella dOro when a
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