January 13 , 2011
Get set, prune, sort of + free design templates
Sharpen those pruner ! But the Chrysanthemum pacificum gets a reprieve for now .
The Butterpat and Country Girl Chrysanthemum morifolium finally got a trim the day after Christmas to contract their urban urban sprawl and entice their December buds to give it a probationary injection . Here ’s Butterpat , sunbathing in tardy December sun , only slightly pall by this workweek ’s cold , either .
I showed no clemency for some of the farsighted stragglers , though , and clipped them to their rosettes . Someone ’s already give lunch .
I ’m itch to prune . I hope to collar a few hours this weekend to cut the asters to their rosette and give the Salvia greggiis a good haircut . I always wiggle the branches to draw out out rotted one . I ’ll chop to the ground the woody canes of flame acanthus and the Hamelia patens .
I wo n’t touch the evergreens until mid to late February ( look on weather ) . I ’ll hold back to mould the abutilons and my gray - leafed buddleja until we ’re past the last frost .
Since pruning is on our minds , this week Daphne answers our question about pruning pigment . Yuck , it ’s so ugly , and on most Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , it really is n’t necessary . permit the wound heal naturally .
On the other hand , red oak and hot oak tree ask pruning paint . Even though it may be dependable to prune them between June and February , when the nitidulid mallet that extend the disease are dormant , we ca n’t presage weather or them ! come up out wilt .
For super pruning tips in general , check out this guide by Doug Welsh , A&M prof & Extension Horticulturist .
Since design is also on our thinker , too , this calendar week on CTG , Tom fulfil with Grow Green coordinator Denise Delaney onfabulous garden blueprint templatesand the plants that go with them .
Get guide for low-down sustainment tad , deer immune , child - well-disposed , contemporary gardens and more at local baby’s room and online , along with lots of other capital tips fromGrow Green .
And , do n’t miss theFREE Green Garden Festival on Feb. 27from noon to 4 p.m. for dialogue and tip to make a garden that is attractive , ground - favorable , and hold open money !
Do n’t forgetCTG ’s event calendarfor fabulous free event come up , like the Master Gardener ’s Spring Vegetable primer on Feb. 12 .
Homegrown mashed Solanum tuberosum , anyone?Trisha evidence how to grow potatoes , even in containers !
On tour , designersAdams KirkpatrickandRussell Womackrenovate an Austin garden with Green techniques for This Old House .
Until next week , Linda
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