I would like to plant a hedge/privacy screen at the back of my garden along a chain link fence approx 45-50ft. After doing some research and considering various shrubs I am leaning towards a mixed hedge border of deciduous shrubs,…
We have clay soil and live near Edwards gardens. In front of our house we have hydrangeas and a pair of hollies male and female.
We had to replace the male holly last spring and it is much smaller than…
My 4 (different kinds) of rose bushes already have lots of new shoots this spring, but now the temperatures are predicted to be well below freezing for several days next week. Is there anything I should do to protect the…
The front flower bed contains a very old rose shrub. It was over 6 feet tall and was hard pruned back to about 3 feet in November. How do we maintain the rose to bring it back to health/bloom?
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We have a Monrovia Black Tulip Magnolia, now about 5 years old. The first couple of years it bloomed as promised. More recently it has started to bloom in the late summer/ fall as well as the spring. Most of…
Hello. I have a very old barberry hedge around my front lawn (pre-1960’s, I’m guessing – the house is 1940’s in Leaside). The hedge is thin sticks at the bottom with most of the growth at the top. The hedge…
I am wondering if you know of any specialist supplier of antique roses. The climbers that I purchased from Pickering Nurseries have died and I want to replace them.…
I have two 25 year old mulberry trees in the front garden at the door entrance. They are blocking the front doorway now and I’d like to know if I can trim them down to the trunk to start over. …
Hi there my wife and I bought a home and inherited a 12 foot smoke tree, I know that it needs to be pruned to improve its general form but don’t know where to start. I’ve read online that it…
When can I uncover the roses from the top cover of hay and bags around them and add my compost around them for a better growth?
And also my daphne bush?…
