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Trees - Fall Planting is Best
Why Fall and Winter are the Best Times to Plant Trees If you plan to add some trees to your landscape in the next year or so, there are some things you should know about timing, and about how the nursery business works. Trees tolerate transplanting best during their “dormant” period, which is between late fall and late winter. In other words, after they drop their leaves in fall, until their buds open in spring. Roots are often left behind during transplanting, and this can shock an actively growing
Iris Planting Tips
If you have a patch of Bearded Iris in your yard, you know how spectacular they can be with almost no care at all. Anyone can grow Bearded iris, a diverse group of plants with large showy blooms of virtually any color except bright red. This kind of iris gets its name from a patch of soft bristles on the lower petals of the flowers. There are actually three basic types of Iris: Bearded Iris (Iris germanica), Siberian Iris and Japanese Iris. Bearded Iris are the most common, so we’ll leave the other two
Bulb Planting Tips
Plant Bulbs Soon for Early Spring Color Soon it will be the season to plant bulbs for early spring color. You can have a colorful garden very early next spring if you plant some bulbs right now. Early-blooming Daffodils, Hyacinths, Tulips and many other colorful bulbs will get the jump on spring and reward you with colorful gardens before the dogwoods bloom in spring. Bulbs need warm soil to build roots before winter, but if you plant in early fall there’s little danger of bulbs sprouting too
