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How to Grow: Phenology

  With the changing weather and climate, gardening by the calendar can be tricky, especially when you're trying to decide when to plant. But nature has a pretty reliable guide, and it's called phenology. Phenology is the study of periodic plant and animal life cycles. It shows how things in the natural world influence, and are influenced by, variations in climate and seasonal changes. What was once thought of as folklore, has now been scientifically proven to work! Many farmers and gardeners plant by the indications that are occurring...

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How to Grow: Planting Shrubs

  Frugal folks will enjoy the fact that, come fall, any trees and shrubs that you plan to plant are probably on sale at most garden stores and nurseries! And fall is the practical time to plant them, too, as the air is cool and the soil will stay warm enough for roots to start getting established. The old way of doing this is dig a hole, put in the shrub, water it and be done. But his year, gardening experts have come forth with some new recommendations on how to plant your trees, including pruning the roots, to help ensure your tree...

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How to Grow: Potentilla

Potentilla fruticosa Other Name Shrubby cinquefoil   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Midsummer until frost in colors such has yellow, white, pink and orange   Mature Height x Spread 2 to 4 feet x 2 to 4 feet   Added Benefits Native, attracts beneficials, deer resistant   Potentilla is a native, small, rounded shrub that is a beauty in a small garden. What’s really special about this shrub is, unlike many other deciduous shrubs, potentilla blooms in waves from mid-summer until frost. The...

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How to Grow: Privet

Ligustrum vulgare   Other Name common privet   Sun Requirements full sun, part sun   Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Spring with white flowers   Mature Height x Spread 5 to 15 feet x 5 to 15 feet   Added Benefits attracts beneficials, drought tolerance, deer resistance   Privet is a popular, small leaved hedge plant that grows quickly. Privet can be evergreen in warmer climates, but is mostly a deciduous plant in New England. The individual plant is non-descript, but when grown together it makes a good hedgerow plant. Because of...

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How to Grow: Protecting Evergreens in Winter

Learn how to protect your evergreens trees and shrubs from damaging winter winds and cold. Listen to podcast: We've all seen it happen. A beautiful, broad-leaved rhododendron looks great going into winter. But in spring the leaves have browned and curled, turning our beautiful specimen into a deposit for the compost pile. So how do we get our broad-leaved evergreens such as rhodis, mountain laurel and pieris shrubs to make it through winter? It's all about protection. Broad-leaved evergreens continue to transpire moisture through their...

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How to Grow: Protecting Roses

Learn how to protect your roses from winter's cold and winds. Listen to Podcast: I'm Charlie Nardozzi and this is the Vermont Garden Journal on Vermont Public Radio. Fall is a time for wrapping up the garden, both figuratively and literally. It's time to pull out frost-killed annual flowers, cut back perennial flowers, compost leaves, and protect tender shrubs. One of the most precious flowers to protect are your roses. Because there are so many different types of roses, it's often confusing which ones to protect and how. Overwintering...

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How to Grow: Pruning a Hedge

Learn how to prune and care for an evergreen hedge such as arborvitae, cedar and yews. This video has special instructions on the tools and techniques to keep the hedge healthy. For more garden videos, check out the National Gardening Association Transcript Hi I'm Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association. Today I'd like to show you how to prune an evergreen hedge. Robert Frost once said "good fences make good neighbors". Well plants make excellent fences. Deciduous, which are the plants that drop their leaves in the fall, and...

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How to Grow: Pruning Blueberries

Learn how to prune old and young blueberry bushes.   I was on a roll in early March pruning my fruits. Then it snowed, got cold and I retreated to the cozy fire. But my blueberries still need pruning and once the snow melts, I'll be back at it. Blueberries are one of the easiest fruits to prune because young plants don't need much pruning. The goal in the early years is strong growth and setting up strong fruiting canes for the future. If any branches are dead, broken, diseased or rubbing against each other, they should be removed....

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How to Grow: Pruning Hydrangeas

  Many gardeners are pruning trees and shrubs this time of year. One shrub that often confounds people is the hydrangea. The reason for the confusion is different species of hydrangeas are pruned at different times. So, let's do a quick hydrangea pruning 101. First, remember when your hydrangeas bloom. If they bloom mid to late summer they are flowering on the new wood. This means the new stems that grow this spring will terminate in a flower. Arborescens hydrangeas such as 'Annabelle' and 'Invincibelle Spirit' and Panicle hydrangeas...

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