When choosing a site for your rhododendron dappled shade is best. To set buds, rhododendrons need light but require protection from the hot summer sun. Buds are set in the late summer for the following year. If you plant your rhododendron in deep shade, it will flower poorly and develop leggy growth. Rhododendrons perform best
Your first job would be to decide if your flowering deciduous shrub needs pruning, You will need to step back and look at your shrub and determine what kind of look do you want. Do you want a compact, bushier, one that produces more flowers, blooms longer, or a shrub that has a more natural
Golden canker is a fungal disease which attacks Pagoda dogwood, or Cornus alternifolia. The disease does not affect other types of dogwood. Golden canker is found in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. Telltale evidence of a canker infection are shoots and branches that range from a tan colour through to a
Here are a few guidelines to follow when pruning deciduous trees. The tools needed to properly prune trees are a pair of sharp bypass pruners, a pair of loppers for thicker branches, and a pruning saw for larger branches. Tools should be sharp to prevent ragged cuts. The ideal time to prune trees is in
Serviceberry, shadblow, chuckly pear, juneberry, sugar plum, wild pear, wild plum, sarvis tree, maycherry and Indian pear- all are colloquial names for Amelanchier. The profusion of common names for this native shrub is a good example of why scientific names are used! With its star-shaped brilliant white flowers, glossy purplish red fruit, vibrant fall colour,