Tag: deciduous
Trees Should Fit Their Gardens
UNITED STATES—A tree is a woody perennial plant with a single tall trunk and branches. However, several tree types can not conform with this...
Winter Pruning Deciduous Fruit Trees
UNITED STATES—Bare root season is synchronous with winter for one simple reason. Winter is when bare root stock is dormant. Dormancy similarly justifies winter...
Falling Leaves Are Getting Messy
UNITED STATES—The primary problem with autumn foliar color is that it eventually becomes quite a mess. Premature shedding started the process even before much...
Fall Foliage Is Gaining Color
Fall foliage is underappreciated here. It is not naturally prominent enough to suggest that it should be otherwise. Most native vegetation is evergreen. Most...
Defoliation Is A Messy Process
UNITED STATES—Autumn foliar color eventually gets messy. Actually, any deciduous foliage can become messy during its autumn defoliation. Color is not a prerequisite. Some...
Autumn Foliar Color Appreciates Chill
UNITED STATES—Indian Summer complicates autumn. It is an imposition of pleasant weather that delays inevitable chill. Gardening is a bit more enjoyable while the...
Forcing Early Bloom Even Earlier
UNITED STATES—Some of the earliest of spring flowers are done blooming. More are just beginning. Then, a few early spring flowers barely qualify as...
Evergreen Foliage Has Distinct Advantages
UNITED STATES—Gardening was easier before suburban lifestyles became so passe. Now, larger modern urban homes occupy smaller urban parcels. Modern fences are taller to...
Bare Root Stock For Winter
UNITED STATES—Dormant pruning happens during winter, while the plants that benefit from it are dormant. Obviously, it would not be dormant pruning otherwise. Such...
Evergreen Tendencies Are No Mistake
UNITED STATES—Evergreen plants retain foliage throughout the year. Deciduous plants defoliate for part of the year. That is the simplest explanation. The various reasons...