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Garden.True.North is about gardening in Zone 4,
sharing thoughts, ideas and tips for all northern gardeners.
sharing thoughts, ideas and tips for all northern gardeners.
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There comes that time at the end of spring, after the daffodils are all dried up that my gardens only offer green and greener. I want them to be continuous and multiflorous from last snow melt to first frost. They do not oblige. For decades I have been on a quest for plants to fill the final days of this early growing season.
It seems the garden season has barely begun and already plants are crowding each other. So out comes my pruning shears and by-pass pruner. Pinch and prune can refer to a variety of techniques including pruning, deadheading, pinching stems or buds, or cutting back leggy plants to shape, form and trim. It is usually species-specific and based on common sense. Don’t worry about hurting your plants by experimenting.
Useful tools include by-pass pruners, pruning scissors, and hand-held shears. Avoid anvil-type pruners that can crush stems. Different techniques call for specific tools, find the one that works for you and your plants. Here’s my task list for June:
“I want some pretty flowers”, I overheard the tall slim man with a small round container of succulents in his hand declare to the garden center clerk. Here’s a place where there is a smorgasbord of flowers in abundance. I wondered how she would guide this customer. I didn’t hear her answer but the man replied with “something like pansies”. Good choice I thought as pansies are usually my very first purchase of the year to start the garden season.
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