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Mulching, watering, soil amendment, and other foundational landscape practices.
The six weeks after bloom are when next year's flowers are made. Here is why spring bulb foliage matters, what kills re-bloom, and how to design plantings so the ugly phase never bothers you.
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If you have been pruning your fig tree the way the internet tells you to and wondering why you get leaves but almost no fruit, the problem is not your tree.
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Soil temperature controls seed germination and transplant survival in spring. Know the minimum soil temperatures for your vegetables.
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National spring lawn advice assumes winter dormancy. Puget Sound lawns skip that step. Here is what to do about moss, compaction, and clay soil damage instead.
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You are standing in front of your grape vine in February, pruners in hand, staring at a wall of tangled canes you have not touched since last summer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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