Sometimes you just want your questions answered in a short and sweet format. No scrolling through long lines of copy outlining instructions or information that while you may benefit from it later, doesnt pertain to your pressing search at the moment. “Shorts”, this is that format. Can I Plant Bushes in the Month of August? […]
Shrubs and Bushes
Grow these mid size woody plants for many reasons: beauty, privacy, hedges, berries. The list is long when tallying up the benefits of bushes in the garden.
Late August Good For Choosing And Planting Shrubs
People in my neck of the woods generally plant trees and shrubs in the spring, but early fall is just as good, if not better. Late August and early September in Ohio are often dry (perhaps not this year!), so some attention should be paid to making sure a newly planted bush is kept moist. […]
Plant Fads: Mugo Pines and Stella D’Oro Daylilies
Fashion in gardening is not a bad thing in itself, but it is shortsighted, and that is not very advantageous when working with something that has a potential lifespan longer than your own.
Hard Decisions
My garden, like myself, is no longer young and freshly planted. We have been here awhile, and the signs of maturity are equal parts dignified and disconcerting. Once this property was almost a blank space with few trees and mown grass, now it holds almost thirty years worth of plantings, some grown quite large. Large […]
Today People Are Looking For… Mugo Pine Info
When Should I Prune a Mugo Pine Today people are looking for information on how to prune a mugo pine. That is the Google interpretation of what people want from this garden journal. The Answer to Your Quandary It is just a little too late to be asking that question. New Pine growth is shows […]
Time to prune Mugo pines
Pruning this Shrub I started the other day: hand pruning the Mugo pines by cutting off the new candles midway down. Neglected it the past few years and my -now- small trees are spreading more than I like. So I just started snipping and finished 3/4 of one and will get them both done this […]
