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Thinning allows the leaves to grow along the entire branch, not just the tips, resulting in a fuller look. However, boxwoods often do not respond well to this. Another method is to prune over a two-year period.

This enables the plant to increase its vigor, and become healthier. We highly recommend that you mulch your Pieris Valley Rose with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

A very large established shrubs in the ground will take 2 – 3 cups of spread around the drip line of the branches (not next to the trunk). A sharp cut will heal quicker than a jagged cut, which will also minimize the likelihood of disease investing...

Depending on the quality of your existing soil you may need to add a locally sourced compost or topsoil to the back-fill soil. If you do not have acid soil, soil tests may be necessary followed by ph adjustments.

Espoma products are easy to use, just sprinkle around the base of the plant and water it in. Pruning should always be associated with re-invigorating a plant by allowing it to focus its energies on producing more vigorous branches, foliage, and flowers.

You'll want to water the bushes regularly after planting until they've been well established. During the winter, cryptomeria change from medium-green to bronze-green. In choosing the basic type of fertilizer for your Cryptomeria globosa nana, it is important...

Pruning large Lilac Bloomerang Pink Perfume that are well established will enable the plant to have continued vigor, and lead to many more years of supplying beauty to the landscape.

The older and diseased branches can be pruned to the ground. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will retain entirely to much moisture and will cause the root system to rot.

The amount of chemical fertilizer used per plant will vary with the size of the plant and it's root system. Plants that are deficient in Potassium, are usually growing more slowly than normal, have fewer flowers and seed, and are more susceptible to disease...

Any type of mulch will do but cypress or hardwood mulch will be of a higher quality and provide better nutrition overall as they breakdown. A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant...

Large Lilac Madame Lemoine that have been severely pruned have the advantage of a large root system that has excessive capacity, and its roots are capable of supplying all of its energies to a smaller number of branches and foliage.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. We love this product and use it on all plants we install in our own gardens.

It is much, much better to err on the side of too little fertilizer than too much. Uses: Tolerates slightly moist soil and partial shade or full sun. Organic additions to the soil can also be combined with a shot of chemical fertilizer for maximum effect.

Don't fertilize Lilac Agincourt Beauty after August. In the South, a late May application and another in July would be about right. Pruning has been described as a “combination of art and science.” I find pruning to be one of the most relaxing yet...

Plants that are deficient in Nitrogen are usually not growing vigorously, and sometimes exhibit pale colored foliage. Although the three elements just mentioned are the major elements necessary for good plant performance, there some minor elements that...

In the South, a late May application and another in July would be about right. If your Calycanthus Aphrodite plants are well established, and you are not concerned about more growth, choose a fertilizer that has a smaller first number, and a larger second...

It is a naturally occuring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants. We like to tell folks that when watering Junipers or any plant for that matter its best not to water the foliage of the plant.

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots of Magic Carpet Spirea to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil, much easier than if you used solely the existing soil which more times than not will be hard and compacted.

This plant may also be used as a ground cover. For example, a 4-8-8 fertilizer with minor elements included would be a good choice for a well established juniper. Prune limbs flush to the feeder branches without leaving “nubs”.

Many times, less expensive fertilizers are sold that contain only the major elements needed, but not the minor elements. Plants that are deficient in Potassium, are usually growing more slowly than normal, have fewer flowers and seed, and are more susceptible...

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. It is also important to understand the specific growing characteristic of a certain plants when pruning that particular plant.

Large viburnums that have been severely pruned have the advantage of a large root system that has excessive capacity, and its roots are capable of supplying all of its energies to a smaller number of branches and foliage.

Can be used to help aid in this process and also provide plants with a good soaking due to the slow release of the water into the root-zone of the plant. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size.

In recent years, a misconception has emerged that older camellias do not need to be fertilized. In most cases, the plant should have no problem recovering from such a major pruning, and the pruned plant should quickly begin to grow with vigor.

This lovely evergreen selection makes a great accent or hedge. (Use less fertilizer for Osmanthus goshiki in a container.) “Fertilizer burn” can occur when too much fertilizer is applied, resulting in a drying out of the roots and damage or even death...

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. Screenings and hedges of abelia would need to be pruned for their specific purpose within the landscape.

More trees die from over watering than under. Trim when needed but we do suggest waiting until after the initial flush of soft spring growth however it can be pruned in late winter before the onset of new growth.