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Pruning Resources for Henderson County

Pruning trees and shrubs is easy if you have the right knowledge and use the corect tools. Proper pruning is a critical part of holistic plant health. To help you learn all that you can about proper…

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Garden Update - February

Plants in Flower Wintersweet, Breath-of-Spring (Winter Honeysuckle), Lenten-Rose (Helleborus), Trailing Arbutus, Crocus, Violets, and Japanese Flowering ApricotWhat to Fertilize Shade trees can be…

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Plant Health Alert - Storm Damaged Trees

Storm Damaged TreesAfter Hurricane Helene, there are many damaged and toppled large trees. There is little we as normal people can do to clean up these large trees. Mostly it will be up to the brave…

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Pruning Calendar

Proper Pruning Technique * SPECIAL NOTE: Some trees should be allowed to let their lowest limbs grow until they sweep the ground. Those trees that are commonly found in our region are: Southern…

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Is Spring Pruning a Good Idea?

I have done a lot of pruning in my career. As a former ISA Certified Arborist, a horticulturist, a greenhouse manager, and avid gardener, I have literally pruned thousands of trees in my lifetime. I…

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Plant Health Alert - Excessive Shearing Stresses Plants

There is no accounting for taste. Some people love a style while others hate it. The same can be said of gardening practices such as shearing evergreen plants; either you like a yard that looks like…

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Garden Update - January

Plants in Flower Witch Hazel, Daphne odora, January Jasmine, and Hellebores. Indoors: Amaryllis, Cyclamen, PoinsettiaPlants with Colorful Winter Berries American Beautyberry, Burford Holly, Chinese…

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Creating a Bonsai Plant

What is bonsai? Bonsai is the 'Ancient Art of Miniaturizing Trees'.The height potential of a tree such as a Japanese maple can be as much as 30 feet. So how could you possibly maintain this same tree…

Pruning Specific Plants

Pruning Ornamental Plants: Publications Available

How to Prune Specific Plants (click on the picture to access) “Pruning Trees & Shrubs” series helps you customize your pruning for every plant in your yard. This publication has a chart on when…

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Plant Health Alert - What Not to Do

There are many mistakes that well-meaning gardeners might make in their landscapes. There are a few of these mistakes that we see over and over here in our capacity as landscape and plant…