Newest Project~ All Ready to plant in Spring
Get Another Season out of Ornamental Grasses~
Did you know ornamental grasses became the rage in the 1990’s because they also look good in the winter?
Don’t cut them down until early Spring~
Forget Burlap, Use Green Jute Twine~
Use green jute twine to wrap your bushes this winter. Great, easy way to prevent snow damage.
Twice around top for short bushes; shoulder, waist, knee height for taller ones, like Arborvitae.
WATTLE FENCING
Wattle fencing is an old world technique of weaving branches into a fence. I don’t know of any other company in Bflo doing this. It is labor intensive but well worth the time.
What do you think?
Pagoda Dogwood Is A Favorite~
Pagoda Dogwood or Cornus alternifolia is a shrubby tree I like to use because it is multi-seasonal.
It typically grows 15-25’ tall with a distinctive tiered/layered horizontal branching which is upward-turned at the tips and its bluish black seeds are loved by robins.It has a lovely dark burgundy fall color.
It does not like to dry out in the summer so be attentive to drying conditions. And as it ages, it sometimes gets twig blight which can be controlled by pruning it out, allowing younger branches to take over. You can also spray it with a general purpose fungicide as soon as buds open in the spring. Chlorothalonil is readily available for use in home gardens and is effective against twig blight.
Reapply the fungicide every two weeks until the new growth matures. This typically works out to three treatments. More treatments can be applied if rainy weather persists throughout the summer and the tree’s leaves do not have time to dry before nightfall.
Overwintering Chrysanthemums~
For those of you who are optimists, chrysanthemums can overwinter best if 
well watered now and NOT cut down until spring.
well watered now and NOT cut down until spring.Good luck and let me know how yours do~