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Comments (7)Planting standards developed by the University of Arizona will get your citrus trees off to a good start. This time of year you will need to protect them from frosts and freezing temperatures by wrapping the trunk with cloth, cardboard or burlap and covering the entire tree (all the way to the ground) with a sheet or frost cloth (never plastic). The following steps should bring you planting success. Apply water to the area where you will be planting several days ahead of time. This will make digging much easier. The soil should be moist but not wet and should not stick to your shovel or garden fork. As raimeiken mentioned our soil may be moist enough right now due to recent rains. 2)Till or loosen soil 4-5 times the diameter and no deeper than the rootball. Roots that absorb water and nutrients will grow rapidly in this area so your tree can establish quickly. 3) Remove soil in the center to create a hole twice as wide but only as deep as the rootball. This prevents sinking which can bury the stem or trunk. The bottom of the hole should be flat. 4) Check drainage by filling the hole with water. If water can penetrate into the soil, so can plant roots. If water has not drained in 24 hours, a chimney can be added for drainage. (see details in http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/az1022.pdf) 5) No need to add mulch to the backfill. It decomposes rapidly and can cause sinking of the soil. Do use a layer of mulch on top of the soil to help insulate and slow evaporation. 6) Create a berm (raised ring of soil) on the ground at the edge of the branches to hold water either from an irrigation system or hose. Hold off fertilizing your new tree until you see new growth next year and then apply very small amounts. The link below will take you to several publications on caring for citrus including watering, fertilizing, pruning and frost protection. Good luck. Here is a link that might be useful: Information on citrus care...See MoreSeeking advice for great fruit trees in NW Riverside county
Comments (7)I would recommend a Fuji and a Cripps (Pink Lady) for fall apples. The Anna and Golden Dorsett are nice apples, but not nearly as delicious as the Fuji/Cripps combo. If you have space for all 4, you'll have spring and fall apples. If you like Gala, you'll LOVE Fuji. In my opinion, it is much better tasting, and much along the lines of Gala. Anna will produce without pollination, but will be cylindrical in shape, or as Suzi mentions, a little wonky from either no pollination (skinny long apples), to partial pollination (wonky). So, that is a nice feature of the Anna - it will produce without pollination (parthenocarpic). As far as stone fruits, you have lots of great choices. I would go to Dave Wilson Nursery's web site, and check out the options there. If you like cherries, try a Minnie Royal and a Royal Lee (both needed for cross pollination). Lots and lots of great nectarine, plum, peach and interspecific options, almost too many to list. Talk to your local high-end garden center regarding the choices they bring in each year for bare root season, and you can also see if they participate in the SOFT program, which allows an individual to place special orders for varieties that perhaps that garden center might not normally stock or carry. Patty S. Here is a link that might be useful: Dave Wilson Nursery...See Moreseeking advice on Iowa tree & shrub nurseries
Comments (2)The CR Garden Ctr. website looks good. I've added myself to their email list and will drop by for a look when I travel up to Culver's early next week. I seem to recall there's a good place for mulch (Ever-Green Bulk Mulch) in the same NW Cedar Rapids neck of the woods....See MoreSeeking Under tree planting advice
Comments (18)I think your tree looks nice. You must have gotten a lot of plants from that yard! It is very solid green, but it does look very lush and healthy. I agree with Karin that I like contrasting hosta next to each other. Blue and green, stick in a yellow or variegated, etc. Around a tree in back I have golden tiara alternating with halcyon or something similar (not exactly sure). They filled in nicely and contrast well with each other. You already have the tiaras, and sometimes you can get lucky at a nursery and find a hosta with multiple eyes and just divide that up out of the pot, maybe get two or three starts from one. I don't have any Krossa Regal, but it looks like they get quite tall. How tall is the tree you want to plant under? The tree you already did looks like a little guy, growing like a crabapple or something, and it seems like the Kross would be too tall. If you are looking for a little hosta to stick in, last summer I got Gold Drop from Savory. They are in the Twin Cities, so I just saw it in person and really liked it. I was able to divide one into two, and they both came back so beautifully this spring. It was only five bucks, so very cheap, but it provides a nice pop of color, and it seems like a nice, full hosta, very short to go in front of other ones....See Morenickel_kg
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