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CREATIVE LANDSCAPES 'Elegant Environments for Your Home' |
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Garden Planner: December |
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Well the holidays are approaching, the hollies are putting on their bright red berries, and its almost time for the seasonal festivities! But first there are a few things left to do in the garden! Please take a look at the November page to check you have completed everything from last month. Make sure the faucets have been turned off, and take a look at the gutters one more time to clear leaves and debris. You need to continue to protect your smaller evergreens from deer damage through the winter. Go to our Deer page for more information. December is a good time to evaluate your trees. The structure and health can be more easily seen now the leaves are off. Trees should be pruned to protect buildings, and to prevent trees from growing into each other. Older trees should be fed, and may need dead wood removed. In some cases trees should be removed. Trees that are growing in the wrong place can be transplanted, and this should be done in the winter. Take a last look at the perennial garden and cut back any brown stems you do not want to look at throughout the winter. Some perennials like Perovskia and Sedum, as well as your Ornamental Grasses can be left, and cut back in March. Once all the leaves are picked up, it is time to evaluate your beds for mulching. We highly recommend mulching at the beginning of the winter to protect your plants. Mulching will also control runoff on embankments, and prevent flooding of basements. We recommend Double shredded hardwood bark mulch for shrubbery, and mushroom soil for annual and perennial flower beds. More information is available at our mulching page. Before the first snow or ice storm, check to see you have enough ice melters, and check that your snow shovels are in good condition. We prefer the bent handle shovels for heavy snow as they are easier on the back. After heavy ice and snow storms, knock the ice and snow off of Arborvitaes, Yews, Cypresses, other evergreens and also Dogwoods as soon as possible to prevent damage. If you are buying a live Christmas tree and intend to replant the tree, dig the hole now, before the ground freezes, and plant the tree in the ground as soon as possible after the holidays. Here are some tips for your houseplants: They prefer cool temperatures, lots of light, high humidity, moderate watering, good drainage, occasional feeding, frequent misting, and weekly spraying with insecticidal soap or a horticultural oil and water mixture to control insects. Call us today and set up an appointment with a professional landscape designer to evaluate your yard. By calling us this winter we can have a design ready for you to be installed next spring. (Instead of calling us next spring and having the design planted in the summer!) Call Creative Landscapes for all your landscaping projects! A list of our services can be found on the What we do page. Check the Garden Planner next month and every month to have the best garden in your neighborhood! Happy Holidays from the folks at Creative Landscapes! |
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