HOW CAN I TELL WHEN TO DIVIDE OR PRUNE BACK MY PERENNIALS ?

DIVIDING PERENNIALS

THE TWO MOST BASIC REASONS FOR DIVIDING ARE IF THE PLANT IS THICK WITH GREENS BUT HARDLY ANY FLOWERS, OR IF IT IS TAKING OVER YOUR GARDEN AND SNUFFING OUT THE OTHER PLANTS.

Overcrowded Daylillies Inhibating Flowering

Daylillies Taking Over the Garden

PRUNING PERENNIALS

I GO WITH THE FLOW OF THE  WEATHER AND WHEN EACH PLANT IS READY.  BUT IF YOUR READY FIRST AND TIME AND APPEARANCE ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU, IT DOESN'T HURT TO PRUNE THEM ALL BACK AT ONCE AND EARLY.

Lavendar Ready for Pruning

Early Cut of Daylilly - Regrowth Occured

CAN SPRING FLOWERING BULBS BE PLANTED IN NOVEMBER?

LATE FALL IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT BLUBS

SOME IMPORTANT TIPS:

Plant Tulips and Daffodils 8 to 10 inches down and Hyacynith bulbs 6 to 8 inches (other bulbs in accordance of directions).  This is very necessary in order to keep them cold and dormant in an un-timely thaw and out of reach from rodents.

Plant in groubs no smaller the 5 in full sun for high yields and effective.

Plant a perennial such as forget-me-nots in between to hide the browning greens in summer for daffodils and hyacynths as the green feeds the bulbs for the following year.  Tulips need to be replanted every year.

Avoid salt from roadways areas. The plants grow in a deformed and sickly manner.

Avoid lawn fertilized areas.  It promotes leaf and root growth but inhibits flowering.

~~~ GARDEN SANTUARIES ~~~

  PEACE AMONGST PLANTS

ENJOY!

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HOW TO PRUNE CLIMBING ROSES BY THESE SIMPLE DIAGRAMS

CUT THEM DOWN OR THIN THEM OUT
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CUTTING BACK

A SEVERELY CUT BACK CLIMBER

SIMPLE STEPS FOR THINNING OUT

BEFORE

FIRST REMOVE THE THIN SHOOTS AT THE BASE

THEN REMOVE THE OLD WOODY CANES WHICH NO LONGER PRODUCE FLOWER....

....AND THE BRANCHES WHICH CROSS OVER EACH OTHER

FINALLY CUT BACK THE LATERAL CANES TO 4 - 6"

AFTER

PRUNING KNOCKOUT, GROUNDCOVER & MINIATURE ROSE SHRUBS BY DIAGRAM

 THESE DISEASE RESISTANT SHRUB ROSES ARE BASICALLY CAREFEE

UNLIKE THE HYBRIDS THEY DO NOT REQUIRE SPECIAL PRUNING 

 INFACT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PRUNE THEM AT ALL.

DOUBLE FLOWERED KNOCKOUT ROSE BUSH

DOUBLE FLOWERED GROUNDCOVER ROSES

DOUBLE FLOWERED MINIATURE ROSE SHRUB

THE CHOICE IS YOURS
 IF YOU DO CUT - IT'S TO RESHAPE




AND ANY WAY YOU WANT

SEVERE LOW CUTS








AND IT'S FINE TO USE HEDGE PRUNERS

GROUNDCOVER ROSES GETTING A SEVERE PRUNING

OR CLIPPERS

THIS GROUNDCOVER ROSE IS BEING SEVERLY CUT BACK WITH CLIPPERS

MINIATURE ROSE SHRUB

BEFORE AND AFTER SEVERE PRUNING

~~~~~ ROSE VARIETIES ~~~~~

MINIATURE ROSES

Perfection on this scale can't fail to captivate! Miniature roses are the smallest of rose plants, growing anywhere from six inches to two feet tall. This rose type is hardy, flowers continuously and is perfect for container rose gardening, make lovely borders, and solve the space problem for those with a small yard or balcony. Miniatures are grown on their own root.

TREE ROSES

Tree roses are made up of a hardy root stock grafted to a long stem that is, in turn, grafted to a rose bush of various varieties at the top of the stem. They are very elegant lining a walkway or as a feature amongst other plantings. The tree rose is a lovely addition to the garden, but extra rose care is needed to insure its survival over winter.

~ MORE ON ROSE VARIETIES ~

SHRUB ROSES

Shrub roses, especially when compared with traditional varieties, are impressive for many reasons: their natural disease-resistance, their willingness to grow in a variety of climates with a minimum of attention from the gardener, their compact growth habit of 4' tall and 4' wide (very little pruning required), not to mention the great beauty of their flowers, which are borne consistently over a very long season.

Coming in all shapes and sizes, shrub and landscape roses work well in any landscape. Landscape roses grow close to the ground, like ground cover, and have a very spreading habit.

Day Dream

Lady Elsie May

Starry Night

Knock Out 

Climber

Climbing roses help dress up any garden. They produce long, arching canes with numerous flowers that can be trained to a trellis, fence, or other supporting structure. Grow them up and over an arching trellis to make a striking entryway; train them up a lattice to adorn a plain wall.

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