Q: I heard from a friend that, since I have some shrubs who bloom early in the spring, I can curl up a few branches early to bring inside. I thought that spring bushes should be curtailed after their flower. What do you think?
Many spring bushes and trees are best curtailed for pruning through the so -called shrub -renewal method. Most of these shrubs send a lot of stems out of the ground and they can be a chaos. They also tend to bloom on stems that are less than four years old. So if you run about a quarter of the largest branches on the ground level every spring, renew the plant with the best blooming branches. In four or five years you have a completely new plant.
Since you criminalize the spring blue in the month after your flower, cut off a few branches while you are in bloom to bring in for your beauty and fragrance. You can even cut a few branches a month earlier than the normal flowering period, and you should start flowering in an indoor vase. If you cut a few branches before, during and after the normal flowering period, you can enjoy the system even more.
This early circumcision can also be carried out with spring trees such as apples, crab sails, hard drain, peaches, pears, redbuds and many other trees and shrubs.
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Q: I need help with landscape design in my garden. There are so many ugly places that I don't know where to start.
A: It doesn't matter whether your garden is new or old; Planning is one of the most important steps. The camera on your phone can help. Take “Before” pictures of different places in the entire property. You can pursue the improvements and feel good with regard to your progress.
When you shop, use the photo to find plants for sale that match an area. Make the landscape design with a plan, but are not afraid of changing what does not look right for you. Expert advice from the shops is greatly improved when you have photos, measurements and notes.
Select an area and disassemble it to the size. Most landscape areas are small enough to be edited on just a few weekends. Above all, enable work at a pace that enables you to enjoy it.
Use temporary plants like one -year -olds to lighten the landscape until you can find the right congestion or shrub. Warm colors such as red and orange are noticed and draw attention to the area. Cool colors such as blue and green will go back visually, which makes small areas look larger.
Use colorful plants to highlight the most important architectural feature of the house: the front door. Use green plants as evergreen to hide architectural mistakes such as the supply companies visible from the front of the house.
Use one or two sections fence to make a wall that separates one area of the landscape from another. Use shrubs to do the same. They are also great to hide unsightly views and demand good prospects.
Use a bird bath or a sculpture to focus on an area. Use small shrubs or perennials to create the background and the setting for the sculpture.
Large flower spots, lanterns and many other household items can be implemented to create a new focus in the garden. Use old lanterns, candle holders and landscape lighting to give the landscape new life at night.
Create a path in areas that are used strongly. Lawn surfaces do not hold much traffic, and other materials can keep the mud away from the house.
Go through the whole courtyard as often as possible. You will be used to what plants look like when you are healthy. You will notice problems earlier what makes them easier. At the same time, they enjoy their landscape more when they are outside.
Place plants primarily in the right place. Plants that need sun are not good under a heavily shady tree on the north side of the house. Do not plant the same flowers in the same place every year. Diseases and insects can wait until they plant them again. Plants from another plant family will be more resistant to problems.
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