Shrubs/Experts

Recent Answers

2009-11-14 trimming taxux yews:

Hello Anelle No need to panic about the pruning! Taxus should be pruned in Summer or early Fall. They will take 'renovation' pruning, which means cutting hard back as you plan to do. Whether

2009-11-13 White fuzzy stuff on bark and branches of oleander:

Hello Gloria I don't know very much about Oleanders (except that they are very toxic!). The only pests I know they are susceptible to are greenfly, which attack the buds, not the stems. I'm going

2009-10-29 land scaping plants:

Hello Richard Wow - this is quite a question! OK, first things first. As these are newly planted specimens I expect that a good feed of organic or granular fertilizer was added to the soil at the

2009-10-28 privet hedge:

Hello Linda Privet can be a bit of a brute because they are greedy feeders! but I have seen privet planted 4' feet from a wall and not causing any problems, so I think I'd be inclined to leave it where

2009-10-26 Newly planted shrubs turning brown:

Hello Kirstin This is a bit of a vexed question! Firstly, conifers are a specialist subject, and I'm not an expert in that field, so all I can do is tell you what I'd advised with any shrub, but