April 25, 2016 My Hellebore survived. I think I’m going to plant pink for next year. As hardy as they are I was still concerned because we had a really warm spell that tricked them into showing up before a nasty ice storm and several hard frosts. I covered them once then let them fend for themselves till spring came. I’m…
April 22, 2016 My lemon tree seems to be holding her own after her prune and root trim. I still need to keep a close eye on her. She had a scale infestation that I treated, and her trimmed back stage makes it easier to monitor. This weekend she gets another good bath with dish detergent and…
April 18, 2016 If you poke around my website you will find this lemon tree in much fuller condition. I pruned her back this spring and I am eager to see how she responds. I took the opportunity to trim the roots while her canopy was thin. I’ve never trimmed roots on a citrus before and I worried about doing…