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Monday, September 3, 2012

LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, September 3


Executing a Landscape Renovation
Renew Existing Landscape Elements

The LandscapExperts Team will pamper existing landscape plants that are able to be saved and that will contribute to the renovated design.  
  • Overgrown trees and shrubs are pruned or limbed up.
  • Rejuvenation pruning can be practiced on overgrown deciduous shrubs, retaining new stems and removing the largest, heaviest old ones
  • Corrective tree pruning includes removal of dead, broken or crossing branches, and correcting narrow crotch angles
  • Groundcovers can be renewed by severely cutting back or even mowing, then re-spacing the remaining plants
  • Perennials are divided and reset, with the oldest inner parts of the clump discarded
  • Plants are also treated for disease and insect problems if they exist 
  • Add new flowering bulbs and annuals

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