Miscellaneous Evergreen Shrubs Flowering Shrubs For Sale In Portland

In the southeastern United States, three fertilizer applications per year are usually adequate to supply your Fernspray Hinoki Cypress nutritional needs. If your plants are well established, and you are not concerned about more growth, choose a fertilizer...

If a plant is struggling due to a disease or root problems, the fertilizer will only add stress to it's life. When roots are burned, the first sign is often scorched looking leaves.

Another reason for pruning azaleas such as Gumpo Pink Azalea is to re-define the plant's definition within the landscape. Coffee grounds that have already gone through the brewing process are considered moderately to highly acidic.

Was born near Aberdeen and came to the American ‘colonies' in the early 1750's. Since an organic method of applying manure and/or compost around the roots, produces excellent results and also improves the condition of the soil, this would be an excellent...

Knives, hand cutters, saws, and shears should be sharpened if necessary before pruning any roses. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. That is why we do not recommend planting in a hole any deeper than the soil line...

In choosing the basic type of fertilizer for your Skimmia japonica, it is important to determine what you need your Laurels to do. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

It is a slow growing upright to spreading shrub. An example would be 10-10-10 or 12-4-8. Knives, hand cutters, saws, and shears should be sharpened if necessary before pruning any camellias.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Dwarf Mugo Pine plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. It is a naturally occuring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots of plants.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Soft Caress Mahonia plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at...

This is a good time to add to the root system. If a Camellia Kanjiro is being trained as an hedge, it would need to be pruned differently than if it were being grown as a tree form.

Plants that are deficient in Potassium, are usually growing more slowly than normal, have fewer flowers and seed, and are more susceptible to disease than plants with adequate levels of Potassium.

Cryptomeria globosa nana is shrub that should be pruned in the late spring to maintain the shape and height of the plant. Cryptomeria globosa nana benefits from an fertilizer which can help raise the acid level of the soil such as by Espoma.

Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce is shrub that should be pruned in the late spring to maintain the shape and height of the plant. When selecting a fertilizer for your Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce, if soil Ph is not an issue a simple balanced fertilizer can be used...

Don't fertilize Soft Touch Holly after August in the North. We like to tell folks that when watering Hollies or any plant for that matter its best not to water the foliage of the plant.

Uses: Extremely attractive when used as a focal point in the mixed border, mass planting, or a specimen planting. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots of Callicarpa Early Amethyst to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil,...

A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Pruning large Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry may be minor or major. Clusters of fragrant white flowers give way to small purplish fruit often used in jams and jellies if you can...

This is a very loose estimate, so please read the directions on the fertilizer before applying it. Fertilize Golden Spirit Smoke Tree again 6 to 8 weeks later to encourage denser foliage or faster growth of young trees.

Full sun brings out the best fall color. A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Many times, trees that have not been pruned in a few years will develop dead or degenerative twigs.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Rhododendron Bessie Howells a good deep watering. We highly recommend that you mulch your Rhododendron Bessie Howells with either a ground hardwood mulch or...

Ow evergreen shrub with silver-blue foliage on a widely spreading habit. Plant on slopes or along retaining walls for erosion control. The foliage retains its rich color all year long.

Apply an early spring fertilizer with a product such as at the recommended rate this will give the plant a boost of nitrogen that will be needed for healthy foliage and stem growth.

Although the three elements just mentioned are the major elements necessary for good plant performance, there some minor elements that are just as important in consideration of camellia nutrition.

For example a one gallon pot would be watered until you count to 5 a three gallon pot would be 15 and so on. The first planting in the United States occurred about 1653 at Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island, the NW part of Long Island in New York, using...

Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or trunk of the plant. Dwarf Alberta Spruce benefits from an fertilizer which can help raise the acid level of the soil such as by Espoma.

Green Luster Holly is shrub that should be pruned in the late spring to maintain the shape and height of the plant. Green Luster Holly benefits from an fertilizer which can help raise the acid level of the soil such as by Espoma.

Always be sure to look on the fertilizer label on the back of the bag to see exactly what is included in the fertilizer. 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.

When pruning established Templehof Hinoki Cypress where no labeling is present on a variety to identify it, you need to look at the general growth patterns of the plant to be pruned.