Once the days get longer and the soil warms up, the only thing left is rain. If you have already had rain, then you might be too late. Don't go with a rain prediction, wait for actual rain. Then apply right away.

Page 2???? Looks like this thread needs a bump!! Wendy I had to take a peek looks like the swamp is doing great over there on the exchange side. Whooooo hooooo!! Great games you have going which I don't know why I didn't think of anything like that. I guess I am just boring, blahhh. I knew you would do an awesome job!! I hope you are having a blast. Looks like you got close to 50 signups!! That is awesome!! Whooooo hooooo hope it is a great swap girl!!

I have a problem with my 4 ft Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Top Point'. I got it from Greers 2 yrs ago, looks now close to a skeleton, will give it another month to show new growth. It does not have a girdling root, I checked, and I sprayed it last year against insects, does not seem to have scale. Last summer it had a huge crop of cones. My 1 yr old, 1 ft tall, Abies koreana 'CIS' got all upper foliage yellow, has still some green lowers. I will wait into June before making a decision. As dcsteg Dave says, Abies koreana in zone 5 is only marginally hardy. Though my A.k. 'Green Carpet' is doing fine. We must have had a very cold winter compared to past years. I.e. my large magnolia only has a few flowers, all through the area only the lower branches of forsythia have flowers. My 'CIS' was in a chicken wire cage filled loosely with bark chips. Most of the winter it was covered with 2 ft snow. : ( Bernd

Gee, I just discovered this lavender side of the Hosta Forum, and it would have saved me a lot of time if I'd come this way earlier in the week!!! GREAT idea to link all the threads here, and it must have taken a lot of effort to do it so efficiently. Thank you. I'll come here instead of trying to dig there whereabouts from scanning the posts. :)