Plants with Winter Interest
Plants with Winter Interest Plants with winter interest are noted for their ability to brighten or add flare to a landscape during the coldest months in New England. Some are noted for their berries, some for…
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Winter Desiccation Prevention for Trees & Shrubs
Winter Desiccation Prevention for Trees & Shrubs The fall and winter seasons can bring a variety of challenges to the landscape. Even in mild winters, lawns, trees, and shrubscan…
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Tree Staking
Occasionally, new tree plantings may require staking to protect and/or anchor the tree. We carry several different products to ensure a successful tree planting and or transplantation.…
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Strategies for Identifying and Controlling Peach Leaf Curl
Strategies for Identifying and Controlling Peach Leaf Curl Peach Leaf Curl The fungus Taphrina deformans causes peach leaf curl. Host Plants Taphrina deformans can infect peach…
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Long-term Drought Effects on Trees and Shrubs
Long-term Drought Effects on Trees and Shrubs Recurring and prolonged periods of drought seem to have become commonplace in many regions of the country in recent years. The effects on trees and shrubs can often be seen in both…
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Planting Your Living Christmas Tree
Planting Your Living Christmas Tree At the Northeast Nursery, you are purchasing a living tree rather than a cut tree, so you can have many more future years watching this tree grow. How it is cared for…
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Plants: Hedges and Screens
Hedges and Screens are used in the landscape to create a formal attitude to the garden or landscape and often define lines and spaces. A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced shrubs and tree species,…
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Needle Casting of Evergreens
Needle Casting of Evergreens What is needle casting? Needle casting is normal for evergreen trees and shrubs, even though most people think it is a disease and/or an insect. All evergreen needles eventually die. The older…
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How to Plant a Tree
How to Plant a Tree Plant Selection Before selecting a plant it is important to observe the growing conditions of the area to be planted; the hours of direct sunlight, the soil type (clay, loamy, sandy),…
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