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Garden & Landscape Questions and Answers

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Planting a wisteria vine?
Down the road there is a forest next to wisteria growing off it. i be wondering how I would plant some from this into my own garden? Can I take the blossoms and plant them, would I hold to dry them out before I plant it? What would...
Planting after treating for bugs?
The area I want to garden surrounded by is infested with snails, slugs, grubs, cutworms and other an assortment of creeping things. I was told to treat this nouns before I plant, but the bottles of bug murderer don't say anything something like how long I need to dally...
Planting ajugas?
i have some ajugas that i would similar to to seperate how should i do it. how to detach it from the who ajuga without slaughter the plant.
Planting and civilized for different plants?
I have this plant or bush call a magic mat spirea, and i cannot figure out how insightful to plant it, if i use fertilizer and bone meal, and how much sun, and i also necessitate to know when it says plant within acidic soil, how do you manufacture...
Planting asiatic lilies?
I just recieved a huge pot of asiatic lilies that be already planted in soil but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to replant them surrounded by another pot (the original pot is what they come in at the store) or contained by the ground or how and where...
What's the best process to transplant sod?
I'm re-sodding my entire yard but my neighbor wishes some of the St. Augustine that's thriving in a corner of my patio. Is there a accurate way to remove it from my courtyard with minimal destruction? How deep? He have a track how and operates it resembling a bull...
What's the best process to weed between by little one carrot?
hi, my carrots are in the region of 2 inches above the ground but they are swamped by flat leaved weeds and a few nettles will my carrot become dominant and grow through the weeds or will they be impede what is the best way to...
What's the best route to filch safekeeping of a house plant?
I have a few surrounded by my apartment. I have two 10' Majestic palm ones and a few of those plants that you buy surrounded by the Asian markets. What do I unanimously need to do to save them alive?
What's the best soil mix for a small garden?
Was thinking either 1 segment manure to 2 parts sifted soil or should I use maybe 1 member Miracle Grow to 4 parts earth?
What's the best style to find a compost pile started?
I formed a three-sided cage near chicken wire and bought a pitch fork. Do I division it with leaves, grass clippings, patio waste, or a short time ago throw it all contained by? Do I add nourishment, or are animal products a no no? Do I add...
Compost for gardening?
I use pelletized pine pellets for litter box for rabbits. I know the rabbit "turds" are big in nitrogen and worthy for compost, but how about the urine. Currently I am keeping my kitchen compost separate because purely don't know about the urine factor. Please advocate. Thanks!
COmpost questiong. When Where Why How Who.....?
I first made my compost in August and put heaps things in at hand. When it got cold outside i arranged to stop going out there to put my oddments in nearby every day. I started a trial one 1 month ago with lots of fungus and Mold. BUt i...
Composting additives?
O.K. I got my composter deliver, I put in shredded rag and kitchen refuse. I also bought some steer droppings since it will be a while before I can put grass clippings contained by. Shall I put the whole case of manure within or just portion?
Composting brewers particle (barley) - green or brown?
I have found a source of used pellet (brewer's grain - barley) from a brew pub. Anyone know the carbon - nitrogen ration of this damp grain (is it a brown or green) Thanks, Kevin
Composting Brussel Sprout Stalks?
Im starting a compost heap using a black plastic compost barrell and own some brussell sprout stalks from my allotment I want to add. Can I compost these? I will chop them up surrounded by to 3 inch pieces with a spade first and incorporate some "garotta" nutrient/microbe supplement. Im...
Composting surrounded by a condo?
We live in a condo but really want to start a compost. We hold quite a small porch (maybe 3 feet weighty and 15-20 feet long) so it would hold to fit at the end of that. How can we build a small compost that will fit here? What materials...
I have a fresh concolor fir xmas tree this year. I took it down closing nite and plant it surrounded by my patio. Can it live?
It is not dropping needles, very soft, drinking capably and very joyous. Is it possible for a concolor fir to sprout roots from its stump?
I have gel nail removed. They used a grinder, so in a minute my nail are scraggy and spongy. Any suggestions?
How do I keep from them individual in the high-speed until they grow out? Would it be helpful to hold tips applied until they grow some more? I'm desperate.
I have need of backing select a plant to use?
im making an ecosystem in a bottle for a institution projecy, im tesintg the importance of biodiversity within plants. I know that im using bean sprouts as one of the plants, but what should i use to compare it too? i need another plant that can grow within a bottle,...
I have need of simile support... "Harmless as a..." please facilitate! The best I've come up near is Butterfly :(
I need some examples of safe things that would be suitable to describe an elderly woman. Help!
I have need of to find out roughly who to contact contained by my quest to set free some trees from self fell?
we have several trees in front of our street that be planted over 30 years ago by the local school children of that time that are surrounded by danger of one felled due to a private nouns prodject, is there anything that ew can do to retrieve these trees
I have read several years ago that one should not plant apricot trees and?
almond trees near respectively other as they will cross pollinate and make the apricots zest bad. Is this true?
I hold 100 apple seed what can i do to preserve them suitable for germination?
They look to be getting a bit dry and i don't have ample pots and compost to plant them all, oh what shall i do?
I hold 2 trees surrounded by planters outside contained by my courtyard and they look ill...?
I dont know the technical name but they look very similar to corn plants. One of them have brown little dots all over and the leaves look brownish. The other tree's leaves turned yellowish and brown and dry on the ends... what can I do to salvage the trees? I...
I hold a plant that my friend give me, but we are unsure as to what type of plant it is. HELP!?
Purple leaves that are boat shaped with a small pink flower surrounded by the center. Will continue to grow and spread. and become more bush approaching. I have a picture if needed.
I hold a 15' towering pale birch that wishes to be moved within my courtyard due to an adding together. Should move it within winter?
I bought this tree 2 years ago and planted it and it is doing well. I live contained by southeastern New England.
What is massacre my autumn bedding plants?
My primroses and cyclamen are rotting before my eyes. There is a open-handed of fungus in the heart of the plants killing rotten the foliage and the flowers. It has spread to my tradescantia cuttings making the stems runny and weak. My pansies are unmovable but it...
What is Miracle Grow?
Am a Landscaper/Nurseryman in NZ. Have extensive experience near compost, manure, Chemical fertilizers Am looking for details of constituients, NPK ratings, How does this product work
What is nesting contained by my bush?
I hear scratching noise coming from my bush in my front courtyard! I tried to take a broom and kind-heartedly move the branches around. I just saw a bunch of muddy mulch within a very tacky ball-shape. I couldnt see any opening and it is such a gooey bush that...
What is rubber substance for playground?
Hi, I'm from Thailand and quite interested surrounded by playground in Melbourne. Just would resembling to know what kind of rubber which use for playground surface? And sooner, I'd like to implement it contained by Thailand playground as well. Thank you for your counsel. Jay
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Shade Trees, Flowering Trees, And Evergreen Trees For Landscape Specimen Growing

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Shade trees do not all necessarily shed their leaves in the fall (deciduous), but some shade trees are evergreen, and others can be classified as flowering trees. The fact that shade trees can cool temperatures in the surrounding landscape and cool off houses during the heat of the summer is well known. Some evergreen trees also provide shade all year, a factor that may be undesirable in some cases during hard winter freezes, when an evergreen shade tree may block off the heat rays from the sun that might melt snow and ice from a house roof or prevent infra-red light from warming rooms inside the house. Extreme southern states home owners in the United States may prefer shade on homes and buildings year round, and such evergreen shade trees as Live Oak tree, Quercus virginiana; Laurel Oak tree, Quercus laurifolia; and Darlington Oak trees,Quercus hemisphaerica, would be desirable for planting near houses.



Pine trees are also valuable shade trees for houses and landscape gardens. Such perennial shrubs as Camellia japonica and azalea shrubs must have year round shade for proper flowering. The camellia shrub and the azalea plant will survive only on rare occasions if planted in the full sun. The dogwood and redbud trees benefit from pine tree shade where they flower abundantly. The cherry laurel tree, Laurocerasus caroliniana Ait, is an evergreen shade tree that is covered with fragrant white flower clusters in March. The cherry laurel tree is a fast growing tree, sometimes growing 6 feet per year. Eucalyptus trees, Eucalyptus cinerea, are evergreen shade trees, but the 'Silver Dollar' eucalyptus tree usually is limited to planting in the warm temperatures of zones 8-11. The exceptional menthol fragrance of all parts of the eucalyptus tree makes it especially desirable where smog and other air pollution is problematic. The loblolly bay tree, Gordonia lasianthus, is often called the loblolly bay magnolia tree, and the flower fragrance, white color, and form look like a miniature flower bloom of the magnolia.



The southern magnolia tree, Magnolia grandiflora, is an outstanding shade tree known for the gigantic 1 foot wide fragrant white flowers during the summer and the glowing green waxy magnolia leaves that provide dense shade. Because of the dense shade and the mats of succulent roots that rise to the ground surface (like cypress tree roots), few shrubs or perennials can be successfully planted and grown underneath the Magnolia grandiflora trees. Other shade trees that could also qualify as beautiful flowering trees are black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia, shade trees that are covered with fragrant white flower clusters—just following the appearance of the fern-like, light green leaves. The black locust trees leaf color changes to bright yellow in the fall, and the wood has been used as waterproofed split-rail fencing for centuries. The empress shade tree, Paulownia tomentosa, (Blue Dragon Tree, also Princess Tree) is also a flowering tree that produces gigantic blue-purple flower clusters triangular in shape. The empress tree is known as an extremely fast growing shade tree that has been promoted by former President Jimmy Carter. The wood is valued as very strong and light weight; desirable in the Far East for furniture manufacture and wood carving.



The golden raintree, Koelreuteria paniculata, is an important shade tree, that in late spring is covered with large clusters of yellow-gold drooping flowers that turn into attractive pink seed pods in the fall. The oriental look of the golden raintree makes it choice to grow as a specimen tree in garden landscapes. The red Florida buckeye, Aesculus pavia, shade tree grows fast into small shade trees that flower brilliantly red in late spring followed by the "good luck" buckeye seed. The thornless honeylocust, Gleditsia tricanthus inermis, shade tree has become one of America's top choice flowering trees that also functions as a fern-like leafy cover to mildly shade garden areas. The thornless honeylocust tree flowers in various colored blooms, fragrant white, pink, or lavender, depending on the cultivar. The brilliant yellow-gold color of the fall leaf change will stun your neighbors. The tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, shade tree is famous because of the flowers, as well as for the shade benefit. The tulip poplar flower is yellow-orange, and shaped like a tulip or a small teacup. The leaves of the tulip poplar tree turn brilliant yellow in the fall, an important tree for fall color. The beech tree, Fagus grandiflora, is a great shade tree that produces nuts that wildlife stores up for winter meals. This very large growing shade tree has a leaf color change in the fall, but after the first freeze, the beech leaves turn tan-brown and remain on the tree like an evergreen tree until the new beech leaves appear in the spring. The beech tree leaf behavior is very bizarre.



Maple trees and Oak trees offer many species for shade and leaf change color in the fall. The maple leaf color can change to yellow, orange, and red. The Oak tree leaf color can vary from red, to orange, to yellow-gold, to brown. The Florida maple, Acer barbatum, shade tree turns a brilliant yellow color in the fall and then turns brown and remains on the tree most of the winter. Other important shade trees are the American elm tree, Ulmus americana, and the drake elm, Ulmus parvifolia 'Drake,' both coloring yellow-gold in the fall. The winged elm tree has strange scaly winged growths on stems and branches that are in demand by florists for their ornamental value in making dried arrangements.



The Chinese elm tree, Ulmus parvifolia, is known for its fast growth to provide quick shade. The Chinese elm is one of the easiest shade trees to transplant and can grow over 6 feet in one year if cared for properly. The American Hophornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, is an under-planted shade tree that, during the fall leaf change, glows brightly in yellow-gold colors. The bald cypress tree, Taxodium distichum, is an excellent clean shade tree widely adapted to grow well on a variety of soil types. The bald cypress leaves do turn yellow briefly in the fall, but the bald cypress small leaf size requires no raking. The pond cypress shade tree, Taxodium ascendens, is a great tree to grow around pond-houses and wetland gardens, but should not normally be grown in well drained locations. The pond cypress roots rise from the water, swollen and large and are called cypress knees.



The black gum shade tree, Nyssa sylvatica, grows well in wetlands and the shade is beneficial to many aquatic plants. The water tupelo (tupelo gum, also sour gum) shade tree grows aquatically in many lowland wet sites. The leaves of the black gum and the water tupelo shade trees turn yellow-gold and orange in the fall. The Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex, forms an umbrella (parasol) canopy with large bat-shaped leaves that turn brilliant yellow, then orange, in the fall.



The catalpa tree (fishbait tree), Catalpa bignonioides, has been used for centuries as a shade tree that attracts worms (fishbait) to be used in fishing. The Chinese tallow tree, Sapium sebiferum, is a fast growing small shade tree that produces a kaleidescope of colors on leaves in the fall of yellow, red, orange, blue, and purple. The Chinese tallow tree produces seedpods in the fall that look like popcorn after the leaves fall off, thus it is called the popcorn tree. The corkscrew willow, Salix matsudana "Tortuosa," and the weeping willow, Salix babylonica, grow fast into shade trees with distinctive linear leaves that turn yellow in the fall. The Ginkgo shade tree, Ginkgo biloba, is one of the most famous of the shade and its brilliant yellow-gold leaves that remain on the tree for a week or more when they fall to form a bright yellow circle underneath the barren limbs. The ginkgo leaves have been found fossilized in the Oriental archaeological excavations. The green ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata, is a fast growing shade tree useful as a landscape specimen. The lombardy poplar tree, Populus nigra, is a fast growing tree, upright in form that is planted as hedges and windbreaks in the Western United States.



The river birch tree, Betula nigra, is a beautiful landscape tree with unique flaking bark that is replaced by slick bark in the spring. The river birch can be planted as a single trunk specimen or as a clump. The sassafras shade tree, Sassafras albidum, grows fragrant parts including the flower, bark, and the roots that were used during the civil war to make sassafras tea that produced a narcotic effect on wounded southerners. The Sourwood tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, and the sweetgum shade trees, Liquidambar styraciflua, both produce spectacular leaf color in the fall, both the sourwood and the sweetgum trees turn yellow, orange, and red in progressing stages. The sycamore tree, Platanus occidentalis, is perhaps one of the best trees for fast shade. Sycamore trees can grow to 2 feet in diameter & 50 feet tall in 20 years.



Bamboo trees and bamboo plants have been used as shade trees, privacy hedges, and borders. Bamboo plants grow rapidly and 40-50 feet (Timber Bamboo) and are useful as windbreaks as well as shade screens for privacy that cover 180 degree focused light rays. Annual flower beds are often planted in front of bamboo tree screens for partial shade, and many shrubs and bushes grow well when placed in front of bamboo tree screens, if the bamboo plants are the clumping type.



Shade trees have been used through the ages to shade landscapes, homes, buildings, or as shelter and food for wildlife. Some shade trees offer extra benefits such as beautiful flowers or evergreen foliage. Other shade trees can bear fruit, such as mulberry trees, apple trees, pear trees, and the evergreen loquat tree. Still other shade trees bear valuable tasty nuts, such as pecan trees, walnut trees, and chestnut trees. Other than the shade benefit, bright leaf color of the fall cooling off period, makes the planting and growing of shade trees a pleasurable and worthwhile effort.



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