Tag: pruning
Things Heat Up In Summer
UNITED STATES—This does not seem like such a mild climate when it is difficult to distinguish between the time and the temperature on a...
Roses Get Pruned In Winter
UNITED STATES—Winter is no excuse to be less diligent in the garden. It would seem that gardening would be less demanding because there is...
Most Pruning Happens In Winter
UNITED STATES—Without specialized pruning while they are bare and dormant in winter, many deciduous fruit trees would be overburdened by their own fruit next...
Roses Can Not Be Neglected
UNITED STATES—Roses are not for the meek. They are too demanding, too sensitive, too thorny, and without their flowers, they are not even very...
Attack Roses While They Sleep
UNITED STATES—This theme may be getting a bit redundant about now. There is just so much that needs to be done in the garden...
Prune Now For Fruit Later
UNITED STATES—Modern fruit trees have been so extensively bred to produce abundant and unnaturally large fruit, that most types are unable to support the...
New Canes Replace Old Canes
UNITED STATES—Heavenly bamboo, or simply 'nandina,' is one of those many plants that almost never performs like it should. The intricately lacy foliage is...
Mature Trees Need Professional Help
UNITED STATES—Arborists are horticulturists who are specialized with the horticulture of trees, which is known as arboriculture. In urban gardening, they are not as...
No One Likes A Sucker
UNITED STATES—Citrus trees that are grown from seed take a few years to mature enough to produce fruit. As they mature, the juvenile stems...
Deciduous Fruit Trees Need Pruning
UNITED STATES—Deciduous fruit trees have no business in a low maintenance landscape. They need as much specialized pruning while dormant in winter as roses...