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March plant of the month: Forsythia
Driving around in March reveals which forsythias were cut back late summer or early fall. Forsythia blooms on old wood, which means this year’s branches hold next spring’s blooms. ...
March garden checklist
Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants as needed. Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, ...
February garden checklist
Indoors General Landscape Vegetables and Fruits ...
January Plant of the Month: red-twig dogwood
This time of year, we long for something, anything in the landscape besides evergreens. Evergreens are ok, but they are, well, green. An they there are the brown stems of shrubs ...
January garden checklist
Indoors Repot house plants as they out grow current pots. Pot amaryllis bulb. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants ...
December plant of the month: Lemon cypress
I couldn’t remember what this houseplant was called so I described it as chartreuse, tree shaped and asked Google. It gave me lemon cypress and Norfolk Island pine because it has ...
December garden checklist
Holidays When shopping for a fresh-cut Christmas tree, check for green, flexible, firmly held needles and a sticky trunk base -- both indicators of freshness. Make a fresh cut ...
November plant of the month: Colorado blue spruce
We love evergreens in the winter time, where their deep greens or silvery blues stand out against a drab or snowy background. Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) is in the blue ...
November garden checklist
Indoors Houseplant growth will slow so apply less fertilizer and water. Move plants closer to windows or to sunnier exposures if plants are dropping leaves. Pot up ...
Keep pests out of compost piles
When it comes to composting, fall and winter are prime times. The leaves Mother Nature drops to the ground are the first and best ingredients to build up the pile Although compost ...