Hydrangea Care in Spring
If you have Hydrangeas in your yard, and are not sure what to do with them in the Spring- particularly if they seem like they may not have made it through Winter- check out this video from the University of Illinois Extension showing you how to prune your Hydrangeas in the Spring to avoid damaging or unnecessarily destroying the shrubs: As with all plants, give them time to see if they’ve made it before you remove it. And always check to be sure you are pruning plants and shrubs correctly to avoid damaging them.
SAVE YOUR TREES FROM WINTER’S WRATH!
This Winter has been especially brutal- not just for us, but for your trees as well! Between the extreme cold, the excessive snow amounts, and the wind, your trees have really taken a beating this Winter which causes extra stress on the tree. For more info on different types of Winter Injury, click here. Let us help your trees recover this Spring. There are several Plant Health Care options we can utilize to help your trees recover from this long cold winter and subsequent damage that may have happened. First: we will do a Deep Root Rx Fertilizer which will get down into the root system of the tree to […]
What is Crabapple Scab?
APPLE SCAB Venturia inaequalis Apple Scab is a common landscape tree disease due to the popularity of the Crabapple tree. Although Apple Scab will not directly kill a Crabapple tree it can weaken the tree thereby making it susceptible to other, more harmful, disease or insect pests. The early leaf loss associated with Apple Scab will also reduce the aesthetic beauty of the Crabapple tree and, in some Crabapple varieties, will reduce the amount of flowering the following spring. TREES INFECTED BY APPLE SCAB There are several hundred varieties of Crabapple that have been hybridized over the years. Some varieties of Crabapple are highly resistant to Apple Scab, while certain […]
