Pruning Azaleas When and How

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Azaleas are beautiful flowering shrubs that add color and character to your home or garden. They are a relatively inexpensive shrub that can quickly flourish with a little bit of tender loving care. Azaleas are a great shrub to add to your home, whether you are landscaping or gardening.

If you need to know more about pruning azaleas, read on.

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Removing Tree Roots Above Ground : How and When

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When we think of tree roots, we often think of roots that have grown deep down into the soil to give our trees the solid foundation on which they stand.

While this is typically the case, tree root systems can also spread out from below the tree rather than grow down deep into the soil.

When this happens, tree roots can show up at the surface of the ground, ruining our lawn, new plants, causing soil erosion and potentially also damaging your lawn mower as well as taking soil nutrients away from grass and other plants. 

Surface roots or shallow roots can also damage sidewalks, even though the foundation will form some kind of root barrier, tree roots have the power to break through these concrete root barriers.

Apart from causing soil erosion and disrupting the lawn, tree roots above the surface of the soil also make for a dangerous tripping hazard for any oncoming foot traffic.

In this article, we will go through some tree care tips that are helpful when wanting to stop roots from spreading this way.

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Pruning Rhododendrons: When & How To Cut Back?

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When to prune Rhododendrons? There are several times during the year when you should carry out certain aspects of trimming rhododendrons. Early spring is generally the best time for most of your rhododendron pruning activities.

Certain pruning tasks can be carried out at other times of the year, depending upon what stage of blooming your rhododendron plants are at.

Rhododendrons are fairly easy to maintain as long as you know when and how to prune and plant these beautiful flowering plants.

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