Native Shrubs Shrubs For Wet Locations For Sale In Illinois

Provides unmatched winter intrest especially when planted in front of a contrasting backdrop. 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.

Iteas such as Itea Henry's Garnet grow best if they are fertilized lightly in the spring once frost has passed with a well-balanced, extended-release, fertilizer such as espoma Shrub-tone.

The first of these three numbers refers to Nitrogen, which is the primary element necessary for good, balanced growth within the plant. Don't fertilize Black Lace Elderberry after August.

Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. This enables the plant to increase its vigor, and become healthier. It is a naturally occuring beneficial fungus that colonizes on the new growing roots...

A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown in after back-filling the hole. Proper fertilization of your Little Lime Hydrangea will lead to healthier and more disease resistant plants, as well as provide you with many...

Commercial manure or compost can be applied yearly around the base of the Euonymus. Also, plants with insufficient amounts of Phosphorus may have poorer root systems. We highly recommend that you mulch your Hearts A Bustin Euonymus americanus with either...

Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. This enables the plant to increase its vigor, and become healthier. Bio-tone is a gardeners best friend and can help guarantee your success.

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 first line of attack.

Another reason for pruning Lynwood Gold Forsythia is to re-define the plant's definition within the landscape. Since an organic method of applying manure and/or compost around the roots, produces excellent results and also improves the condition of the...

It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root rot. Proper fertilization of your Itea Little Henry will lead to healthier and more disease resistant plants, as well as provide you with many more enjoyable...

In addition to providing attractive green foliage during the growing season, this beloved, low-maintenance shrub produces red berries in late summer that attract birds through the winter months.

We highly recommend that you mulch your Tiny Tuff Stuff Hydrangea with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability. As with chemical fertilizers, do not apply it right next to the trunk or stems emerging...

One Jim Dandy Holly will generally be sufficient for pollinating 9-10 female plants. We highly recommend that you mulch your Jim Dandy Holly with either a ground hardwood mulch or a ground cypress mulch depending on your local availability.

Amethyst Falls Wisteria benefits from an fertilizer which can help raise the acid level of the soil such as by Espoma. 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 with mulch.

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. Another reason for pruning Mahonia Winter Sun is to re-define the plant's definition within the landscape.

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. A deficiency of Phosphorus may affect the energy transfer in the plant, and result in stunted...

In general gardening terms, pruning is probably the most misunderstood gardening chore, and certainly, the chore that is most likely neglected. Viburnums such as Viburnum Winterthur grow best if they are fertilized once or twice in the summer.

Removing the dead and dying limbs will minimize the possibility of diseases such as “dieback” and will also allow the plant to re-concentrate its energies and produce flowers. Adding aluminum sulfate will tend to lower the pH of the soil.

We suggest when planting your newly purchased Let's Dance Diva Hydrangea plants that you dig a hole twice as wide as the root system but not deeper. In general gardening terms, pruning is probably the most misunderstood gardening chore, and certainly,...

Follow this up with a early summer application of Espoma , this will provide the necessary nutrients and raise the acid level in the soil which Aronia Autumn Magic favor. A good rule is that you should still be able to see the soil the plant was grown...

Proper fertilization of your Hydrangea Incrediball will lead to healthier and more disease resistant plants, as well as provide you with many more enjoyable blooms. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can...

Pruning large azaleas that are well established will enable the plant to have continued vigor, and lead to many more years of supplying beauty to the landscape. This is not to be rushed.

Potassium is the element represented by the third number on the fertilizer bag. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. Either chemical fertilizers or organic matter can be used successfully.

Proper fertilization of your Little Quick Fire Hydrangea will lead to healthier and more disease resistant plants, as well as provide you with many more enjoyable blooms. Knives, hand cutters, saws, and shears should be sharpened if necessary before pruning...

However, “the Environmental Protection Agency suggests adding no more than 25 percent volume coffee grounds” to compost, notes Purdue University Extension Horticulturist B. Be careful with products such as miracle-grow as these products can burn newly...

An example would be 10-10-10 or 12-4-8. 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 growing habits of the plant to be pruned.

The species is native to Missouri. Large Physocarpus 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.