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February gardening tips

February 02, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Checking potted bulbs for forcing, sowing leeks and onions, and choosing fragrant flowers for Valentine’s are some of the gardening tips for this month.
Check the calendar to see if your forced bulbs have received their recommended amount of cold treatment (12 to 16 weeks). If so, move them into a 50-degree spot out of direct [...]

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Gardening: WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK …

January 28, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Germination may take a few weeks, keeping the compost moist at all times
Look out for signs of canker and prune out all dead, diseased or dying branches from apple and pear, leaving plum and cherry until next summer to reduce the likelihood of contamination by silver leaf disease
Ensure any mummified fruits resulting from brown rot [...]

Delicious landscaping: Fruit trees decorate home

September 11, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Garden, Landscaping, Plants

Autumn is nearing, and the apples are ripening. Local orchards are cranking up their cider mills, setting up corn mazes and welcoming weekend visitors out to pick a few baskets or bushels for applesauce, apple pie or just plain eating.
Those who have had their fill of apples can stop by a roadside stand for home-grown [...]

HIGAN CHERRY (P. subhirtella)

August 01, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Landscaping, Plants

Mature Height/Spread: The Higan cherry will grow 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide. The habit may be upright-spreading, rounded or weeping, depending on the cultivar.
Growth Rate: Some of the most heat, cold and stress tolerant of all the cherries, they are longer-lived than most.
Ornamental Features: Bloom occurs from early to [...]

JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY, ORIENTAL CHERRY (Prunus serrulata)

August 01, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Landscaping, Plants

Mature Height/Spread: The Japanese cherry will grow 15 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide. Depending on the cultivar, it may have an upright form, wide spreading form with horizontal branching or weeping form.
Growth Rate: It may grow about 10 feet in 10 years, but is short-lived. The average life span is [...]

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Those who care about trees will find advice on pruning and related topics in The National Arbor Day Foundation's free booklet, "How To Prune Young Shade Trees." From pruning in

Gardening: WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK …

Germination may take a few weeks, keeping the compost moist at all times Look out for signs of canker and prune out all dead, diseased or dying branches from apple and

YOSHINO CHERRY (P. x yedoensis)

The Yoshino cherry, along with the Japanese cherry tree, dominates the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival. Mature Height/Spread: The Yoshino cherry can grow 40 to 50

HIGAN CHERRY (P. subhirtella)

Mature Height/Spread: The Higan cherry will grow 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide. The habit may be upright-spreading, rounded or weeping, depending on the cultivar. Growth

Pick your cherry tree with care

Before the advent of celebrating holidays on Monday so we could enjoy the benefits of a three-day weekend, we would be acknowledging Washington's birthday today. Even though Thomas Jefferson is rightfully

February gardening tips

Checking potted bulbs for forcing, sowing leeks and onions, and choosing fragrant flowers for Valentine's are some of the gardening tips for this month. Check the calendar to see if your

CAROLINA CHERRY LAUREL (Prunus caroliniana)

Carolina cherry laurel can reach 35 to 40 feet with multiple trunks. Often it is used as a clipped hedge or tall screen to 20 feet high. The densely leaved

Master Gardeners share expertise at library series

To prune or not to prune? That is the question Bill Wyatt tackled in his seminar, "Pruning Landscape Trees, Shrubs and Groundcovers." The topic launched "Tuesdays with a Gardener," a nine-month series
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