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Weeping plants, like Weeping Japanese maples, have no idea how to grow in an upright fashion. As you’ll see in this movie, if just left to grow on their own they would simply lay on the ground and grow in a horizontal fashion. Sounds crazy doesn’t it? But that’s the beauty of a weeping plant…. Click here to read more…
One finger pruning is one of the most important things you can do for any ornamental plant in your landscape. Many ornamental trees and shrubs are grown using techniques known as grafting and budding. Essentially that means that the desired variety is not grown from a cutting or a seed, but instead a piece of… Click here to read more…
Growing tiny seedlings into beautiful trees isn’t at all difficult if you know what to do. In this post I hope to clear up all the questions that people have. I know they they don’t look like much but these are Japanese maple tree seedlings. Our growers either grow these and sell them as is… Click here to read more…
People contact us all the time asking when to prune Japanese maple trees. We believe that there is no wrong time to prune Japanese maple trees (or any other tree, shrub or flower). Certain times are better than others, but it can be done as needed at any time. Prune it when it needs to… Click here to read more…
Chinese Dogwood trees are really special because they bloom later than most flowering trees and often bloom longer. Here in zones 5 and 6, they don’t start blooming until at least June. The blooms open a beautiful mint green in color and then whiten as time goes on. Is there a market for Chinese Dogwood… Click here to read more…
Dwarf Alberta Spruce is an awesome little evergreen that stays small and only grows a few inches per year. Yes, they can get five or six feet tall, but it takes a long time and with one annual pruning you can keep them to the size you want. This is plant that I have been… Click here to read more…
Many landscape plants can be grown from seed, but with so many different plants it is much quicker and easier to propagate them from cuttings than it is to grow them from seed. Seedlings are so tiny and delicate when they first germinate that they require much more care than a cutting. Seed propagation can… Click here to read more…
After eating your favorite avocado, don’t throw the seed away! Grow a beautiful decorative houseplant or even your own avocado tree following these simple steps. Materials needed: · Avocado pit/seed · Small, clear bottle in order to see the roots grow · Water · toothpicks STEP 1 Remove the large pit/seed inside the avocado. STEP… Click here to read more…
Many people don’t realize the importance of protecting your plants from field mice and other rodents but they will actually eat your plants and kill them. Sometimes the damage they do is so subtle and inconspicuous that the damage itself goes unseen, yet the result of that damage can be devastating. Of course, there are… Click here to read more…
Crimson Queen is by far one of the most beautiful of the Laceleaf Weeping Japanese maples on the market. However, I see so many of them that are improperly pruned and cared for. It’s not so much that they are improperly pruned, they are not pruned at all. Which is really about the worst kind… Click here to read more…
Why would I Write a Blog Posting about Ruining a Japanese Maple? Because people do it all the time unintentionally. Here’s the deal; “You only know what you know.” That includes me. So my job here is to make sure that all of my followers/subscribers learn things that I know and they may not. Contrary… Click here to read more…
