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Garden planning kicks off

March 24, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

It’s spring!
Nurseries and garden centers are bursting with colorful flowers. Store shelves are stocked with products promising to deliver greener and lusher lawns. Vegetable seed packets are packed tightly in store display compartments. And flower beds are begging for a weeding and a fresh layer of mulch.
Do the pleasant springtime temperatures and abundant golden sunshine [...]

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What to do when it’s too early to garden? Dig into a book

March 10, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

LET’S see. It’s still too wet to be digging in the dirt. It’s still too soon to be pruning freeze-damaged plants. And it’s still too cold to plant the spring-summer garden.
But it’s the perfect time to curl up with a good gardening book.
Here’s a look at five new titles that will help you through the [...]

Flower show display highlights why smart gardeners pine for conifers

March 05, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden

It’s a great time to be Rich and Susan Eyre.
When they started Rich’s Foxwillow Pine Nursery in 1988, gardeners were not that excited about searching out unusual dwarf conifers.
But now the world – or at least the Midwest – is beating a path to Woodstock.
The winter garden has become almost as important as spring and [...]

Phalaenopsis orchid

March 03, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Plants

Growth habit: An evergreen orchid with leaves arising from a short stem within inches of the growing medium, producing plants that grow to 12 inches tall and 18 inches wide. The leaves are thick and deep green and grow more than 12 inches long and 4 inches wide.
Light: Shade to filtered sun.
Water needs: Prefers moist [...]

Frost chilling reminder to gardeners

February 11, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

THE damage isn’t difficult to spot.
All across the Bay Area, in front yards and outside public buildings, we see freeze-dried lawns, palm trees with nipped fronds, and flattened agapanthus that look as if a large elephant, or maybe an extra-chunky polar bear, sat on them.
It’s the price we pay for the gift of being able [...]

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WHITE PINE

Mature Height/Spread: White pine (Pinus strobes) reaches 50 to 80 feet in height and 20 to 40 feet in spread. Sometimes, it can grow to 150 feet and more. Growth Rate:

GENERAL INFORMATION ON PINES

Mature Height/Spread: The height and spread varies depending on the species. Sizes of mature trees range from 4 feet (dwarf forms of mugo pine) to 100 feet (white pine). Growth Rate:

LONGLEAF PINE

Mature Height: Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) grows to 55 to 80 feet. Growth Rate: Longleaf pine grows slowly during the first five to 10 years, after that the growth rate is

SLASH PINE

Mature Height: Slash pine (Pinus elliottii) will reach 100 feet at maturity. Growth Rate: This species grows fast (more than 2 feet per year). Ornamental Features: The needles come in pairs or

SPRUCE PINE

Mature Height: Spruce pine (Pinus glabra) grows to 50 to 90 feet. Growth Rate: This species grows relatively fast. Ornamental Features: The dark green, twisted, 3-inch long needles grow in bundles of

LOBLOLLY PINE

Mature Height: Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) will grow to 90 feet, usually smaller under landscape conditions (40 to 50 feet). Growth Rate: This is one of the fastest-growing southern pines. It

Pruning Roses : PRUNING TECHNIQUES

Certain pruning techniques are appropriate for all roses. Following this section on general rose pruning, you will find instructions for specific types of roses. To prune roses you will need sharp

MUGO PINE

Mature Height/Spread: Mugo pine (Pinus mugo) grows to a height of 15 to 20 feet and a width of 20 to 25 feet. The mature height and spread of some
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