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10 Minutes to More Flowers A quick annual pruning will keep flowering shrubs shapely and full of blooms.   |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Early Bloomers Need a fix of flowers to offset the drab colors of winter? Just step outside. By pruning branches from many common deciduous trees and shrubs, you can create beautiful indoor bouquets to serve as harbingers of spring. |
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Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. |
National Gardening
Lee Reich |
Pruning Fruit Trees How to get young trees off to a good start and keep mature trees productive... |
National Gardening
John R. Dunmire |
Guide to June Gardening The month may present different images in various parts of the country, but to most gardeners, it conveys feelings of richness, abundance, and completion. |
This Old House
Lynn Ocone |
The Kindest Cut How and when to prune small trees and shrubs |
National Gardening
Karen Dardick |
The New Patio Trees After filling my garden with roses, delphiniums, irises, daylilies, buddleia, heliotrope, and a host of other plantings, I ran out of space, but not out of the desire to grow more plants. So I turned to plants called standards or patio trees. What are they? |
National Gardening
Vicky Congdon |
Smoke Bush Cotinus, or smoke bush, can be grown across the United States and is available in several varieties. Buying, planting and growing suggestions are offered. |
National Gardening
Patt Kasa |
Sunny Sedum Sedums, also called stonecrop, are versatile plants. They grow well in perennial borders, containers, and rock gardens. Their thick, fleshy leaves and colorful blossoms that makes them sought-after additions to any garden. And they are among the easiest of plants to propagate. |
National Gardening
Patt Kasa |
Shop for Trees & Shrubs Years of experience have helped me hone my detective skills and I've developed an almost fool-proof method of choosing the healthiest specimens for my landscape. You can become a savvy shopper, too, by following these same guidelines. |
National Gardening
Michael MacCaskey |
Summer Bulbs Consider these for summer color |
National Gardening
William Ross |
Fruit Trees in Containers For folks who want to grow their own fruit, but who don't have adequate space or a suitable climate, growing fruit in containers offers several opportunities. |
National Gardening
Alain Charest |
Trumpet Vine Native American plant makes good, especially in the North. Many garden plants are described as blooming all summer long, but trumpet vine is one of the few to actually live up to this description. Its only requirements are a sunny exposure and a good pruning in winter. |
National Gardening
Kim Haworth |
Confessions of a Plant Thief Cuttings are an excellent way to propagate most perennials. So if you see a plant that appeals to you, just nip off a 6-inch piece of stem for rooting. And once roots have formed, the little plant will begin to grow and form new leaves. |
National Gardening
Rick Darke |
Blue Star Multiseason appeal and modest demands make this little-known perennial a garden winner. |
National Gardening
December 1999
National Gardening Association |
They Live On Air... Exotic-looking tillandsias are easy to display and maintain, and make ideal houseplants |
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Renovating a Flowering Shrub Old shrubs often become overgrown and full of crowded stems and dead wood. To reduce the shrubs' size and width and rejuvenate them, follow these pruning techniques. |
National Gardening
Kate Jerome |
Shrubs for the Perennial Garden When we think of shrubs, most of us picture foundation plants or a shrub border. Of course shrubs are naturals for these situations, but there is another setting for shrubs -- especially blooming ones -- that we don't always consider: the perennial garden. |
National Gardening
Robert Kourik |
Gardening Fact or Fallacy? Though plants, soils and weather conditions are always evolving, it seems as if some gardening practices become embedded like fossils. |
| National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
This Old House
Kathryn Keller |
Hedging Your Best A shrub border can enhance your property -- if you keep it in top shape. Here is some expert advice on maintaining a living fence. |
| National Gardening |
Pruning Trees and Shrubs With a little instruction and some common sense, you'll be able to prune your trees, shrubs, and roses like a pro and have beautifully shaped, flowering plants to boot. |
| National Gardening |
Pruning a Hedge Don't hedge your bets. Here's when, how and how much you should prune your hedges. |
| National Gardening |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2006
Merle Henkenius |
4-Step Pruning Plan Besides improving its appearance, judicial cutting can boost a plant's health. It's easy -- and your trees and shrubs will thank you. |
Science News
March 2, 2002 |
TimeLine: February 27, 1932 Pussy willows have serious work in the world... Deep-sea fish produce light under stimulation of drug... Rocks in Utah canyon yield seaweeds of primeval date... |
| This Old House |
Norm's Notebook: Hand Pruners TOH landscape contractor Roger Cook offers his pruning tips and techniques. |
