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Showing posts with label Trees and Shrubs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trees and Shrubs. Show all posts
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Are Your Lilacs Blossoms Looking “Rusty’? Time to Prune By Joyce D’Agostino

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Photo Joyce D'Agostino For those who love lilacs, having those wonderful blooms and fragrance is a welcome end of the long winter. ...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Early Tree Sales are Starting Up by Nancy Shepard

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“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)  Photo: Arbor...
Monday, November 2, 2020

Tips for Winter Watering

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Colorado winters are unpredictable and it isn't unusual to have an extended dry period before the spring rains begin. Following a...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Forcing Shrub or Tree Branches to Bloom Indoors by Bonnie Griffith

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Photo kids gardening.org This time of year can be difficult for Colorado gardeners.  The weather can be absolutely beautiful, and we wa...
Friday, February 22, 2019

George Washington and Planting Cherry Trees by Carol King

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Photo mountvernon.org It’s George Washington’s birthday, (February 22, 1732) and it’s hard to think of our first president without the ...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Pruning the Trees in Your Landscape by Peter Drake

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Photo courtesy thegardenerseden.com Accustomed, as we are, to regard trees as an integral part of our home landscape, we would do well ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

What to do with a Tree Stump?

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Several years ago, I had a huge elm tree removed from a corner of my yard. I was left with a tree stump about 2 feet tall, sprouting l...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Holiday Plant Lore: Christmas Tree

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Photo courtesy today.com Germany is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition as we now know it in the 16th century when devo...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Holiday Plant Lore: Holly

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Holly with berries, photo courtesy gardenknowhow.com Christmas brings with it many traditions, and it may be the one time many of us ...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Word of the Month: Marcescent - Leaves That Hang on in Winter

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This Acer grandidentatum, Bigtooth Maple, is slow to drop its leaves in winter,  photo by Donna Duffy Ever wondered why some decidu...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Checklist for Preparing Trees for Winter

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Photo by Carol King This article is provided courtesy of Aaron Bergdahl, Forest Health Specialist with the NDSU/North Dakota Forest...
Monday, November 5, 2018

Wrap Trees in Winter to Prevent Sun Scald (video) by Carol King

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Sunscald is often called "southwest injury" because it most occurs on the southwest side of young tree trunks. In Colorado, it pr...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Cottonwoods by Carol King

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The cottonwoods are starting to spit cotton. In a few days the skies will be filled with cottonwood snow. It will pile up in the corners...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

Go Green(er) on Earth Day!

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It's Earth Day - what better time to consider ways to go green(er) in your own landscape? Here are six simple steps to get starte...
Friday, April 20, 2018

It's Arbor Day in Colorado by Carol King

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Photo wvc-ut.gov The first celebration of an Arbor Day was organized by the mayor in the Spanish village of Mondoñedo in 1594. The firs...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

The Catkins Cometh! by Carol King

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I  know that spring has “sprung” when the street in front of my house becomes covered with cottonwood catkins. Our neighborhood has many ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Front Range Tree Recommendations by Carol King

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Photo arborday.org Spring is typically tree and shrub planting time in Colorado.  The garden centers and big box stores  offer a huge as...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Winter Desiccation of Evergreens

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Winter desiccation, photo courtesy Purdue University It’s been a typical Jefferson County winter with periods of warm, windy, low-humid...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Squirrel Damage in the Landscape

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Photo courtesy Plantalk Colorado Today I counted 6 squirrels frolicking and playing in my elm trees, and spotted another three in my ne...
Thursday, January 4, 2018

What are “Chill Hours” (and why is this important to my fruit trees?) By Joyce D’Agostino

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Golden Delicious Apples, photo courtesy Stark Bro's Nursery If you have fruit trees in your landscape, you may have noticed tha...