Is Birch A Softwood

The river birch is a popular tree for river banks and wet parts of the garden. When seeds or saplings are starting out, it's important to control weed competition nearby either with weed fabric or select herbicidal spraying.

The tree will grow 40 to 50 feet tall, and will look awkward in a small yard. Prune in late winter before the tree breaks dormancy. Injuries create entry points for insects and disease.Plant a weeping silver birch in an area where it is in scale with...

In fact Native Americans used the sap as a sweetener much like Maple Syrup. There is something about peeling bark in winter on otherwise bare trees that draws me in; particularly if the sun is shining through those curling flakes; of course I am in Oregon...

Your cannas are accustomed to the lean, dry Texas soil and have adapted by being just tall enough to flower but not so tall that they will fall over. If you return them to their usual diet, they will return to their normal size.The real question, to me,...

Clivia is in the same family as Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) those popular bulbs with the huge red flower on a stalk. I have not found it. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.

I had to look hard to find a tree that wasn't a sterile variety, so apparently I'm in the minority in actually liking those spiky balls! Sadly, mine hasn't fruited yet, so either it's still too young (8 years old), or it's sterile after all.

Either research the plants yourself then go to a general, hardware, or big box store and buy what you've chosen, OR go to an independent nursery and ask them to tell you more about what they have from the list above.

Since you'll be planting trees, the rootball will take up quite a bit of space. You'll end up with a little less than 28 inches of bare ground in between them. The ultimate height and spacing numbers are also a range of what a gardener can expect.

If you're on the eastern end of New York State, it may be middle October (mine is late October). Here you will find 100s of specific subscriber-only forums dedicated to, among other topics,Basically, organic gardeners try to grow food and/or pretty flowers...

If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.Marie Harrison, (can2grow) and Melody answer the question:Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature,...

Soil temperatures are warmer than in the spring, and the plant will have several months to settle in before the heat of summer begins. Although I'm not familiar with your climate, things like ice storms, late freezes or even early leaf-out affects the...

If they are native to the area, you will probably see a lot of bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida) and bush mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus). I hope the source showed you a realistic picture of what your plant was to look like when blooming.

If your plants can be cut back, as mine can, cut them back to a few inches above the ground and mound mulch over the stems. A few inches of mulch and maybe a large bucket covering that would insulate the roots enough to survive the winter.

Mywas generous enough to have produced some late autumn blooms, so we'll enjoy them in this article, but the red hips are from myThere are several camps on preparing the rose seeds and some say that they need to be thoroughly cleaned and soaked in a solution...

Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features. Do this very gradually, taking off no more than a quarter or less of each branch at a time.Meanwhile, you...

The plant will require less water than when it is actively growing and will tolerate lower light conditions. I have not lost one yet to whiteflies, but they get weak, spindly, and very ugly if you totally ignore them.

With out moving it, the plant will never have a chance to grow , and I will never be able to move it. Any recomendations will be appreciated. Are grow lights the same thing as any other lights?

Adds: There is a 'bush' version of the popular Sugar Baby watermelon. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another.

I'd do as Sally suggests and replant, paying close attention to the depth. A fungus attacks your seedlings at the soil line and they will wilt, rot off, or become stunted and refuse to thrive.

Buddleja blooms on new wood so you're not harming next year's blossoms when you prune like this. I buy them in September and plant them in a sunny spot for blooms all winter as long as the weather is not too cold or snowy.

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. It can't take up water until it grows new roots, and meanwhile extra humidity around it will keep it from wilting.

Using colored pencils (you could use markers or crayons too), decide on your color scheme throughout the instant garden. For instance, drawing it up on a piece of graph paper with each square representing a square foot of my yard, I put my imagination...

If you have four feet of flower bed space against the garden shed, you probably only have room for four clumps of giant pinkthere. Be sure to observe if the site you want to use getsor mostly shade, as that will drastically change the types of flowers...

Dig down about four or five inches around the bed's perimeter. Take note of available light and nearby structures. Don't forget to add an attractive border to define the edges.approach.

Anchor the garden with a variety of small trees and shrubs.Perhaps the garden consists of nothing more than a narrow strip along the front or side of the home. Put your garden shape ideas on paper first and then use containers to find and position your...

Go for two or three layers.If you do more than one layer, make sure to place it so that the joints between the blocks in the second layer sit over the middle of the blocks in the first layer, just like in a brick wall.

Adds: You can keep potted perennials and shrubs happy in their containers until conditions are right for planting by shading them from the hottest sun and watering them regularly. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our...