Wishbone Trees
Splitting a wishbone may bring good luck to the person who gets the larger piece, but when a wishbone-shaped treeContinue Reading
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Splitting a wishbone may bring good luck to the person who gets the larger piece, but when a wishbone-shaped treeContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson One of the damages professional arborists see the most frequently on trees is strangulation (girdling). Someone longContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson Many conifers have a naturally pyramidal shape. This is the case of, among others, firs (Abies), sprucesContinue Reading
Climbing roses are much less work if you cage them. This is Rosa ‘Graham Thomas’. Photo: agardenforthehouse.com Traditionally, climbing rosesContinue Reading
Photo: Hiclipart.com, clipart library & http://www.vecteezy.com I’ve been struggling with staking the houseplants I put outside for the summer forContinue Reading
Philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum) growing up a moss pole. Photo: http://www.crocus.co_.uk Moss poles are great products for houseplants that climb viaContinue Reading
Scarlet runner beans turned into a bean tree. Photo: http://www.gardenfocused.co.uk If you store your cut Christmas tree outdoors over theContinue Reading
You can often “reinstall” a broken branch. All photos: Denis Giroux Question: We have a crabapple with a branch thatContinue Reading
If possible, just leave weighed-down branches alone. Source: Claire Tourigny, from the book Les 1500 trucs du jardinier paresseux WhenContinue Reading
Many gardeners like to stake trees when planting them to ensure that the trunk remains upright. That’s fine, but … the stake has toContinue Reading
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