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Prune in late winter or early spring to shape the hedge and encourage dense growth'. Another of Tony's favorite trees for a ...

These garden gems need proper winter care to ensure ... inches thick around the base of your tree, creating a protective circle that extends to the drip line. Just remember the golden rule ...

Fruit trees are especially susceptible to this “winter sunscald” trunk injury. Winter wind is also potentially damaging, and plants don’t like howling winds any better than humans do.

But the second was, “how long did it take for you to lose your acclimation to Maine winters?” My stock answer was, “the flight lasted about two hours!” Fortunately, plants are more resilient than ...

And in Northeast Portland, three people were electrocuted when a falling tree branch brought a power line down on top of a vehicle. Now, weather experts are forecasting another active winter seaso ...

Then in the spring, remove the tree wrap and save it for next winter. You should plan on repeating this process on the thin-barked trees for the first three years they are in your landscape.

Early winter sunrise highlight the beauty of the skeleton of trees on a frosty morning in Trotts Garden, Ashburton.ALAN TROTT / NZ-Gardener Too many gardeners focus on spring and summer plantings ...

If you’ve already got a tree or two planted, winter dormancy is the time for some pruning and spraying, two chores that intimidate the uninitiated. February is a good time to accomplish these tasks.

Masters of camouflage, ptarmigans’ feathers are pure white in the winter and in the summer are ... by checking the forecast and dipping below tree line by afternoon, when the storms tend to ...

winter will eventually come) these trees are bound to still have their leaves through the winter months. Nature News:Squirrels aren't so bad after all Typical deciduous trees that lose their ...

Before the holiday bustle becomes all-consuming, consider arranging to have your large trees inspected and pruned this winter. “It will be easier to reserve the services of a trained and ...