Small clem plants, fall planting -- timing of pruning?
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First time planting bulbs this fall...
Comments (4)The front garden gets mostly full sun and the soil is clay but has been amended with some top soil and mulch. We moved into our house late Feb. and my neighbors aren't really gardeners so I don't remember seeing any bulbs- nor have I really seen anyone else have flowers over the summer. I started a cottage garden out the front this year with perennials and annuals that I had winter sown, so I should have room to leave the bulbs in year round. I'd like early color and don't plan on cutting the flowers. I'd like the flowers to last as long as possible. I was considering crocus then early and late single tulips for continued color... not fussy about plant height. The house is a light grey so I'm looking for tons of color. I plan on covering the bulbs with wire mesh because we have squirrels, chipmunks, bunnies and ground hogs in the yard. Thanks for your help :)...See MorePlanting Grape in Fall, Prune Now or Spring?
Comments (4)And hormones traveling down from opening winter buds are what cause new roots to come out of cut root ends of transplants in spring. In addition, as alluded to previously energy stored in stems (and roots) over winter is what fuels new growth in spring. So the bigger the top that comes through the winter, the more the plant can grow the following spring. Root loss during bare-rooting (or cutting of roots during balling in burlap) is why top growth of trees and shrubs is stunted the first growing season after transplanting. Plants are integrated systems, just like we are. The more you cut off the less you are left with. When there is vigorous new growth in response to hard pruning the overall volume of new top being added is actually less than it would have been if the plant had not been cut back as much. This has been seen during organized trials where half of a large, ~uniform group of test subjects has been cut back and half has not....See MorePlant Clems in V. Large Plant Pots in the Ground?
Comments (10)Sure, I definitely plant many of my hydrangeas in pots during the summer months, but then in late fall I dig them up & place them along the north foundation & give them a good cover of mulched leaves. I have many, many Endless Summers....which are zone 5 root hardy, but not necessarily bud hardy. The first year I had them I found that out the hard way, and then read that was pretty common. Winters in the Chicago area are sometimes fairly mild, but then the next year we can get a terrible winter. I also make sure their winter homes are dug so that the pots are slightly slanted downward so they don't get waterlogged...from rain or snow. They spend the winter near our north-facing foundation, and in the spring they are planted on the east side of the house...on both sides of a path...very, very pretty, if I do say so myself. (grin)...See MorePruning Plants - Fall or Spring
Comments (5)Pruning is a term generally applied to the shaping of woody plants, not perennials. Perennials are cut back or dead headed. And, let me remind anyone who is interested, if you live in the east with wet winters and you hope to overwinter western Agastaches (A. cana, A. rupestris, and hybrids), Gauras, Zauschnerias, some Artemisias (like Powys Castle), DO NOT cut them back until spring. The cut stems draw moisture into the crowns and that is guaranteed to kill them....See More- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
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