Short flowering hedge of 4 or 5 different shrubs
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Help with flowering hedge in zone 4b
Comments (2)How about Flowering Almond (USDA zones 4-8). I have a couple in a mixed border and they're just coming into bloom now. They do not get particularly large and respond beautifully to pruning. I get masses more blooms the next season when I do some clean up pruning in the late summer before. They're delicate and a heavy rain or wind will down the petals - same for crabs though....See MoreGrowing DASs as a short hedge
Comments (10)This quote from Wikipedia (scroll down the page) is relevant to the winter burn issue of DAS: "Many nursery managers were long reluctant to apply nitrogenous fertilizers late in the growing season, for fear of increased danger of frost damage to succulent tissues. A presentation at the North American Forest Tree Nursery Soils Workshop at Syracuse in 1980 provided strong contrary evidence: Bob Eastman, President of the Western Maine Forest Nursery Co. stated that for 15 years he has been successful in avoiding winter “burn” to Norway spruce and white spruce in his nursery operation by fertilizing with 50-80 lb/ac (56–90 kg/ha) nitrogen in September, whereas previously winter burn had been experienced annually, often severely. Eastman also stated that the overwintering storage capacity of stock thus treated was much improved (Eastman 1980)." I may want to try that to the DAS I have, hope it will not make a big issue out of a minor one, LOL...See MorePerennials or tree/shrub to keep dogs + deer away zone 4-5
Comments (2)This is not the right place for that question -) This forum is intended for discussions or suggestions about ways to improve the website. I would suggest you move it to one of the plant specific forums but it is just as easy to answer it here........there are NO plants that repel cats or dogs!! Or deer. There are some plants that can deter them from entering your garden or at least slow them down but 'deter' is a very different concept from 'repel'. These would be plants - like the barberry or roses or other thorny items - that you could put on your side of the arborvitaes, but that wouldn't stop the dog from digging or running on the other side. And to keep dogs out of your yard completely, you would need to plant a solid hedge of them all around your property. But then again, a fence would do the exact same thing. But there is no plant that just by scent or something similar that would "repel" dogs cats or deer....See More5' shrub with small pink flowers - Pacific Northwest
Comments (22)You're probably pretty similar if you're only a block off the water. The bottom of my garden is on the Sound. At times we have a 12 degree temperature difference from here to town, which is a 10 minute drive and only a couple miles at most from the water. We're cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter here. That and my east facing sheltered garden with the terrace walls that retain heat are why I estimate my garden to be zone 9....See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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