Miscellaneous Evergreen Shrubs Shrubs For Sale In Maryland

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. If your plants are well established, and you are not concerned about more growth, choose a fertilizer that has a smaller first number, and a larger...

The most important reason for pruning Dwarf Mugo Pine is to improve the overall health of the plant. Although the three elements just mentioned are the major elements necessary for good plant performance, there some minor elements that are just as important...

If you are looking for a fertilizing routine tailored to your specific conditions, a soil sample should be taken and the fertilizer and trace elements matched to the needs of your soil.

If you choose to use chemical fertilizers on your Firepower Nandina, applying a slow-release, balanced fertilizer once a year in the spring is probably the simplest solution. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Bright Edge Yucca a good deep watering. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked.

In choosing the basic type of fertilizer for your camellia needs, it is important to determine what you need your camellias to do. Many times, camellias that have not been pruned in a few years will develop dead or degenerative twigs.

Organic additions to the soil can also be combined with a shot of chemical fertilizer for maximum effect. Also, plants with insufficient amounts of Phosphorus may have poorer root systems.

After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil and compost give the Sky Pencil Holly a good deep watering. An example would be 10-10-10 or 12-4-8. We suggest when planting your newly purchased Sky Pencil Holly plants that you...

Proper fertilization of your Weeping Blue Spruce will lead to healthier and more disease resistant plants, as well as provide you with many more enjoyable blooms. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times...

Try to cure the problem before adding fertilizer. Sometimes, the growth is taller and longer with less than desirable branching when Nitrogen is deficient. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep.

Organic additions to the soil can also be combined with a shot of chemical fertilizer for maximum effect. Although it is tempting to spend less time by not raking the mulch back during fertilization, the results will be less than desirable, if the fertilizer...

If a camellia is being trained as an hedge, it would need to be pruned differently than if it were being grown as a tree form. Water using the counting method for the first few weeks.

Olive Martini Eleagnus benefits from an fertilizer which can help raise the acid level of the soil such as by Espoma. The most important reason for pruning Olive Martini Eleagnus is to improve the overall health of the plant which in turn will reward...

Think of Baby Jadetm boxwood as Baby Gem's more petite, compact and good-looking cousin…because that's exactly what it is! Super-fine evergreen foliage holds its hue throughout the year and makes for perfectly dense hedges.

Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots of Dwarf Alberta Spruce 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.

Excellent for dry rocky bare spots, banks and terraces. Low-growing evergreen. Spreads to form a dense mat 4-5' wide and only 4-6'' high. In the fall it turns a soft lavender-purple.

Try to cure the problem before adding fertilizer. Sometimes, the growth is taller and longer with less than desirable branching when Nitrogen is deficient. The most common cause of plant death after transplanting is planting the new plant to deep.

There are many slow-release fertilizers on the market. Kalmia latifolia Elf is commonly known as Mountain Laurel. In general gardening terms, pruning is probably the most misunderstood gardening chore, and certainly, the chore that is most likely neglected.

Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly planted plants when not used at the recommended rates. The purplish-blue flowers attract bees, hummingbirds and butterflies.

Or shear as needed to maintain size, or every 4-6 weeks to produce new colorful growth. Pruning a specific plant to look a specific way, involves art in creating a unique definition for a specific plant, and it involves science in understanding the physical...

Trim individual branches as needed to maintain the shape at any time throughout the year. Plants that are deficient in Nitrogen are usually not growing vigorously, and sometimes exhibit pale colored foliage as in the case of junipers.

Excellent results have been reported by visitors to this site after using composted manure. Its better to leave a one inch gap of space between the mulch and the stem or trunk of the plant.

Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients. If your plants are well established, and you are not concerned about more growth, choose a fertilizer that has a smaller first number, and a larger...

Dragon Lady Holly should never be planted in soils that are excessively wet for long periods of time. As a rule we always say that before you mulch you should still be able to see the soil from the original pot.

The rich green foliage is ornamental year round, providing a welcome addition to partially shaded to fully shaded areas where most shrubs will not grow. Grows 2-3' tall and 3-4' wide.

It is also important to understand the specific growing characteristic of a certain Rhododendron when pruning that particular plant. This is not to be rushed. It is generally recommended to not use power equipment such as gas hedgers to prune Rhododendron...

Will adapt to drier sites Tri-colored Dappled Willow also known as Salix ‘Hakura Nishiki' which translates into Distant Brocade, referring to the myriad of colors in the foliage.