Just Get Rid of Problem Plants!
What to do when you have a recurring problem with a plant? One suffers from a disease or an insect everyContinue Reading
Category: Staking plants
Tree Ties Made From Garden Hose: Bad Idea!
I’d be surprised to hear that any serious gardener has never seen a tree attached to its stake by aContinue Reading
Wishbone Trees
Splitting a wishbone may bring good luck to the person who gets the larger piece, but when a wishbone-shaped treeContinue Reading
Don’t Strangle Your Tree!
By Larry Hodgson One of the damages professional arborists see the most frequently on trees is strangulation (girdling). Someone longContinue Reading
Repairing a Headless Conifer
By Larry Hodgson Many conifers have a naturally pyramidal shape. This is the case of, among others, firs (Abies), sprucesContinue Reading
Cage Your Climbing Roses
Climbing roses are much less work if you cage them. This is Rosa ‘Graham Thomas’. Photo: agardenforthehouse.com Traditionally, climbing rosesContinue Reading
Staking Houseplants: Success at Last?
Photo: Hiclipart.com, clipart library & www.vecteezy.com I’ve been struggling with staking the houseplants I put outside for the summer forContinue Reading
Making Your Own Easy-Peasy Moss Pole
Philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum) growing up a moss pole. Photo: www.crocus.co_.uk Moss poles are great products for houseplants that climb viaContinue Reading
Turn Your Christmas Tree into A Bean Tree
Scarlet runner beans turned into a bean tree. Photo: www.gardenfocused.co.uk If you store your cut Christmas tree outdoors over theContinue Reading
How to Fix a Broken Branch
You can often “reinstall” a broken branch. All photos: Denis Giroux Question: We have a crabapple with a branch thatContinue Reading