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How To Prune Low, Spreading Junipers
This group of “low junipers” is often either not pruned or pruned incorrectly. Not pruning can result in run-away growth where these junipers outgrow their space. Incorrect pruning can alter the plant’s natural growth habit and cause it’s health to decline.
Continue reading...How To Prune Arborvitae ‘Green Giant’
25. January 2010
The Green Giant’s Growth Habit Perhaps I’ve said it before, but it’s extremely helpful when you know what a plant’s growth habit is before you prune. Growth habit is basically the shape a plant naturally wants to grow into and how the branching structure supports that shape. For example: Arborvitae ‘Green Giant’ is pyramidal in form [...]
Continue reading...Your Mulch Investment Blown Away
6. December 2009
For some time now I’ve admired the properties that a particular landscape maintenance contractor was caring for. It was evident that this company knew what they were doing. No matter what time of the season it was, the appropriate task was being done the correct way. Yesterday I had the good fortune of meeting the company [...]
Continue reading...Burlap Left On Trees Can Be Harmful
15. October 2009
I’d like to share with you a symptom that a standard flowering dogwood was showing. The tree is about 16′ tall and was transplanted on a project of mine about a year ago. The time of year was summer and I noticed the leaves were off-color with some of them dropping. The tree had been doing [...]
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1. February 2010
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