Cultural Practices

Mulching, watering, soil amendment, and other foundational landscape practices.

Pruning Clematis: The Three Groups and When to Cut
Cultural Practices

Pruning Clematis: The Three Groups and When to Cut

Clematis confusion starts the moment you bring one home. You've got a beautiful vine covered in flowers, and then someone tells you to prune it. Cut it back hard? Light prune? Wait until next year?...

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Watering New Trees: The First Three Years Are Everything
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Watering New Trees: The First Three Years Are Everything

You plant a tree in October. The rain starts in November, and you think you're done. The soil stays wet through winter and spring. By June, you've forgotten about that tree entirely. Then July hits,...

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Pruning Japanese Maples: Timing, Technique, and Tools
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Pruning Japanese Maples: Timing, Technique, and Tools

You've probably seen it: a perfectly good Japanese maple butchered into a sphere. No branches visible. No architecture. No grace. Just a dense green meatball. This is the #1 pruning mistake in...

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