Shrubs

How to Enjoy a Taste of Black Lace

By soaringeagle

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How would you enjoy a taste of Black Lace? Nibble by nibble - of course!.. more »

How to Graft Camelias

By Jean La Rue

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Camellias grown from seed or cuttings can take up to 6 years to begin producing flowers. Grafting, on the other hand, will often produce a flowering shrub in 1-2 years. Grafting is the process of fusing the plant you wish to propagate onto the ... more »

How to Grow Barberry

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The barberry (Berberis) is a hardy workhorse of the garden. The shrub's slow, uniform growth rate keeps maintenance requirements low and its thorns make it an ideal choice for a barrier or foundation plant. Dramatic fall leaf and berry color add ... more »

How to Grow Desert Bird of Paradise Plants (Caesalpinia)

By Gardengates

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Now here is a family of extremely showy plants that everyone who lives in a warm climate should know about. They are easy and stunningly beautiful. Some even tolerate desert-like conditions and still offer up flowers worthy of the most colorful ... more »

How to Grow Holly Cuttings

By sunrae138

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Propagating a new holly plant is quick, simple and low-cost. Learn how to grow a holly plant through the winter... more »

How to Grow Rosemary

By Gardengates

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Rosemary is one of the most versatile plants for the garden. It is beautiful, colorful, smells great, is drought-resistant, and you can even cook with it! (Not to mention how great your dog or cat will smell after wandering through some of it!).. more »

How to Make a Homegrown Hydrangea Bouquet

By Mackeybooks

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Want to make a bouquet with your beautiful garden hydrangeas? Here's how to do it like a pro and keep those wonderful flowers from wilting... more »

How to Store Mountain Laurel Seeds

By earthdirt

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Properly harvesting and saving mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) seeds is a simple process which will allow you to easily propagate your own mountain laurel plants... more »

How to Transplant Rhubarb Plants

By darfdarfdarfdurfeney

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How to successfully transplant rhubarb plants in the right weather. The optimal time is in early spring; later fall will also work. You'll learn optimum conditions for your rhubarb transplants; as well as how to insure a late fall transplant will ... more »

How to Transplant Shrubs and small Trees.

By GreenGardenChic

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Sometimes it has to happen. The plant is getting to big; it doesn’t look good in that spot; I hate that plant and a friend wants it; I’m going to save it from a sure death and plant it in my own yard; or you’re like me and you’re always tweaking ... more »

How to get your plants and gardens GREEN and growing with Epsom Salt

By psychonurse

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Want more blooms on your rose bushes,fewer yellow leaves on tomato plants, and a less "brown" lawn?? These problems might be due to a lack of magnesium in the soil, keeping the root systems from absorbing needed nutrients. Here are ... more »

How to Prune a Hedge

By only1special1

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Informal hedges seldom need pruning. In fact, some types of hedge may be harmed by pruning. If your hedge consists of bridal wreath or azaleas, doing too much can ruin the natural shape of the hedge and interfere with blooming. Hedges of ... more »

How to Prune Spring Flowering Shrubs.

By GreenGardenChic

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The best way to shape and shear your early spring blooming plants. Azalea, Rhododendron, Camellia, Forsythia, Quince, Daphne, Skimmia, and others..... more »

How to Turn your Yellow Veined Rhododendron Green.

By GreenGardenChic

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Have your Rhododendron’s leaves taken on a yellow veined look? Does it look like something is sucking the green right out of the foliage? It’s Chlorosis, a very treatable disease that plagues Rhodies who live in alkaline rich soils. ... more »

How to Grow Lilacs at High Altitudes

By Heidi Braley

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Lilacs are one of the most wonderful flowers to add to your flower garden, even if you live in a high altitude neighborhood and within USDA Hardiness Map zones 3, 4, 5 and milder areas of zone 2... more »

How to Make a Remembrance Garden

By Serafina

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What better way to have a community come together to remember loved ones and other events than a Remembrance Garden. The garden is a place to reflect on special memories and makes a beautiful walk through for those who use it. A Remembrance ... more »

How to propagate Hydrangea (macrophylla)

By Gardenmom

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Hydrangea (macrophylla) You’ve seen them – they’re gorgeous! Usher in the summer season with these old-fashioned shrubs bursting with billows of blooms in shades of pink, purple, blue and white. Mophead Hydrangea (macrophylla) are easy to grow ... more »

How to Prune Evergreen Shrubs

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Unfortunately, most evergreen shrubs only get the once over with hedge shears, leaving problems to develop from inside the plant. It's important to remove dead, diseased or injured branches, and open the framework, enabling air to circulate ... more »

How to Deadhead and Trim Rhododendrons and Azaleas

By cakewalk

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Rhododendrons are large showy shrubs that greatly benefit from deadheading. Regular trimming will actually encourage greater growth. Azaleas are a classic Southern favorite and are trimmed and deadheaded in much the same way as rhododendrons... more »

How to Grow a Bald Cyprus Tree from Seeds

By Monica G.

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How to grow this tree from the seed using forced germination... more »

How to Grow a Common Privet

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The common privet (Ligustrum vulgare) is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub that usually is grown as a hedge. It tolerates shearing well and grows to a height and width of 12 to 15 feet. Its dark green leaves, white spring flowers and black fruit ... more »

How to Grow a Green Manure Crop

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Take advantage of the off-season for vegetables and annual flowers to improve your soil. Plant a cover crop on every growing space you're not using now but want to plant in a few months. This living fertilizer - green manure - will work wonders ... more »

How to Grow a Smoketree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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It's called the common smoketree (Cotinus coggygria), but there's really nothing common about it. Imagine a shrub with billowing clouds of tiny yellow blooms tipping the end of long hairs on delicate stalks. Its unique blooms give the shrub a ... more »

How to Grow Euonymus Fortunei

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Euonymus fortunei is a low-growing evergreen shrub - some have white or yellow variegated leaves - that works well as a ground cover in sun. Euonymus fortunei thrives in USDA zones 5 to 9... more »

How to Grow Oleander

By Tom Morgan

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Oleanders grow well in hot regions, where it is often a favorite landscape shrub, and for good reason: These evergreen shrubs with their brilliant flowers are draught-tolerant and can be planted in poor quality soil... more »

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