Garden Topics:
Trees & Shrubs

• Blueberries in Pittsburgh - Tips for Growing a Super Crop - With its spring blooms and great red fall color the blueberry bush is an outstanding ornamental shrub that just happens to produce incredibly tasty fruit as a bonus
  
  
• Why Trees Matter - Energy efficiency, the environment and beauty are all reasons to plant trees.
   
• How to Care for Your Fresh Cut Christmas Tree - When a Christmas tree is cut, over half of its weight is water. With proper care, you can maintain the quality of your displayed trees.
   
• Fall... It’s the Time to Transplant - Being dug from the ground and transplanted is stressful for plants whenever it occurs, but we can insure success if we do it during the proper season.
   
• 9 Reasons to Plant Trees - Trees are most often planted for shade and beauty, but they serve us in many more ways.
   
• Start Planting this Fall! -  Determine The Most Pressing Landscape Problem and Start Planting.
   
• The One Shrub Every Garden Should Have - In reality you should have more than one, but did you know that one of the most versatile plants for your home garden or landscape is a blueberry bush? It is true.
   
• Pruning Made Easy - Late winter is an ideal time to prune. Plants are often still dormant, so they haven't expended energy pushing out foliage that is about to be lopped off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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