Starting a Shade Garden

Written by Kathy Burns-Millyard


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When possible, do not disturbrepparttar roots ofrepparttar 113401 tree that will be in or aroundrepparttar 113402 garden area. Cutting or disturbingrepparttar 113403 roots of a tree can cause damage or death torepparttar 113404 tree over time. Working withrepparttar 113405 soil and addingrepparttar 113406 needed materials to make your garden about six inches deep is going to berepparttar 113407 ultimate situation for your new plants.

After planting your first shade plants inrepparttar 113408 garden continue to water them every few days untilrepparttar 113409 roots begin to 'take hold' and supportrepparttar 113410 plants. When placing your plants inrepparttar 113411 soil of your new garden, mulching aroundrepparttar 113412 plants will holdrepparttar 113413 water inrepparttar 113414 soil for your plants to thrive best.

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Rose Garden Tips

Written by Kathy Burns-Millyard


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Inrepparttar spring ofrepparttar 113400 year, you will need to prune your rose bush. The blackened portions of your rose bush need pruned away to promote additional new growth overrepparttar 113401 entire plant. While pruning your plant inrepparttar 113402 spring season, pull weed starts so that your plant is not in competition for water or soil nutrients overrepparttar 113403 growing seasons.

As you plan your rose garden and begin placement, planting roses ofrepparttar 113404 same color next to each other will enhancerepparttar 113405 over all look ofrepparttar 113406 rose garden. Using too many flowers in one area though, can makerepparttar 113407 entire rose garden look more jumbled than a wave of color.

One last thing for you to think about when creating and planning a rose garden is to remember to test your soil. Soil testers are widely available and relatively inexpensive. When testing your soil, your pH level is going to be most important for success with roses. A pH level of 5.5 to 6.6 isrepparttar 113408 ultimate situation for raising a rose garden of your own.

This article is provided courtesy of The Garden Source Network - http://www.garden-source.com - a large gardening network devoted to helping you find allrepparttar 113409 gardening materials you need, such as Seeds, Live Plants, Roses, Trees and Beautiful decor. This article may be distributed and published on any website, as long as this statement and URL remain intact, andrepparttar 113410 website address is linked properly.

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