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Camellias add both green shrubby and color to landscapes with their leaves and blooms. CAES News
Plant Right 11/27/13 William G. Tyson
How a shrub or tree is planted determines whether it dies, struggles to grow or takes off and thrives.
Rosemary plants are popping up in nurseries during the holidays among the mini-Christmas tree alternatives. CAES News
RoseMERRY Christmas! 11/21/13 Louise Estabrook
Rosemary plants are gaining popularity as a holiday gift and miniature, living Christmas tree. After the holidays, you can use it as an indoor houseplant. With a little care, holiday rosemary plants can be added to the landscape in the spring.
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Plant Propagators Meeting 10/08/13 Merritt Melancon
The University of Georgia Department of Horticulture will host hundreds of nursery operators, ornamental plant breeders, landscape designers and plant scientists Nov. 2-6 at the International Plant Propagators’ Society Southern Region of North America Annual Meeting.
Petunias are heat tolerant annuals that require ample moisture and fertility to thrive. Several flower forms and colors are available, including fully double types. The single multiflora varieties are generally best for landscape use. CAES News
Soil for Flowers 10/02/13 Paul Pugliese
Annual flowers can benefit greatly from soil amendments. These plants only live for one season, so gardeners have a very short window of time to get them established to produce flowers.
Woolly hackberry aphid CAES News
Woolly Aphids 09/12/13 Paul Pugliese
An aphid pest that came to Georgia two decades ago has some homeowners seeing “snow” falling from their hackberry trees and cleaning sticky goo off their cars.
Fall is the perfect time to install new trees or shrubs or to move existing ones to new locations. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension experts recommend digging the planting hole two to three times the diameter of the soil ball. CAES News
Trees and Shrubs 09/05/13 Frank M. Watson, Merritt Melancon
Although most planting and transplanting occurs in the spring, fall is the best time of year to plant or transplant trees and shrubs.
Pears hang from a tree in a middle Georgia home landscape. CAES News
Fruit Tree Varieties 09/05/13 Bob Westerfield
Fall is the perfect time to add a home orchard to your landscape. University of Georgia experts warn gardeners to read labels and select the right trees for their region.
Pink Lady apples hang from a tree at the University of Georgia - Mountain Research and Education Center in Blairsville, Ga. CAES News
Backyard Orchards 09/05/13 Bob Westerfield
If you have always wanted a home orchard, fall is the perfect time to plant one. For proper pollination, plant at least two apple, pear or plum trees.
Yellow leaves on a tree in the fall of the year CAES News
Composted Leaves 09/05/13 STEPHEN GARTON
Perhaps the best way to mimic nature in managed landscapes is to turn leaves into compost. When applied back to the soil, compost provides many of the benefits that are enjoyed by plants in natural environments.
Spring is right around the corner, and so are spring flowers, summer vegetables and all the gardening these seasons bring. CAES News
Powdery mildew 08/07/13 Frank M. Watson
If the dogwood trees in your landscape are shedding their leaves, they may be suffering the side affects of powdery mildew.