Tag: dormancy
Shedding Foliage Often Precedes Defoliation
UNITED STATES—Indian summer is more typical here than not. As usual, the weather cooled somewhat as summer finished, and then warmed again. It is...
Bareroot Season Begins With January
UNITED STATES—Christmas trees and associated items are no imposition for nurseries. They are seasonal while not much else is appealing to a retail market....
Dormancy Facilitates Survival Through WInter
UNITED STATES—Dormancy is not exclusive to vegetation. Many animals are dormant while they hibernate through cold winter weather. Some animals are dormant while they...
Early Spring Bulbs Start Now
Halloween seems to be an appropriate time to bury early spring bulbs in shallow graves. The season begins about now, and continues until about...
Defoliation And Dormancy Are Justifiable
UNITED STATES—Defoliation and dormancy begin early for quite a few species within desert and chaparral climates. California buckeye can defoliate during the driest summer...
Dormant Pruning Enhances Fruit Production
UNITED STATES—Adding new fruit trees to a garden is reasonably easy. Maintaining them properly as they mature is more of a challenge. Centuries of...
Bare-Root Stock Arrives For Winter
UNITED STATES—Spring is overrated. It is obviously the best season for planting warm season vegetables and bedding plants. It is the most colorful season...
Pollarding Pruning Techniques Are Controversial
UNITED STATES—Olive orchards formerly inhabited some of the regions that became urban in California. A few orchard trees remained within urban gardens of the...
Winter Is The Main Season For Pruning
UNITED STATES—Plants are unable to migrate to warmer climates for winter like so many migratory birds do. They are immobile for their entire lives....
Spring Bulbs Begin In Autumn
UNITED STATES—Spring bulbs lack immediate gratification. They will, of course, justify their habitation of the garden as they bloom next spring. For now, they...