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Fall Planting Guide
Deficiency Chart of Micronutrients
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How to design and plant a garden: Dan Gill's guide, from assessing conditions to picking the plants
Need help with your hydrangeas?Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to be 100 As reported by the BBC Gardening can be a mood elevator, increase time outdoors and greater physical activity, all that have been found to be health benefits. Gardening has also been found to increase the benefits of those with cognitive issues, perhaps even lower the risk of dementia. For more on the Dutch Study, click here. Rose Rosette Disease
Important Information about Rose Rosette Disease
Mark Wilson states: "I have been busy lately gathering information regarding Rose Rosette disease as it makes its way into North Louisiana Parishes. These are the problems posed for rose gardeners in our area, how to recognize the disease, how to prevent the spread of the disease to other gardens, how to eliminate rose rosette from your garden, and how to restore your garden to a friendly place to grow roses again." For more information, read the article located in Master Gardener's Knowledge Tree September-October Seedling here Photo by Raj Singh/LSUAgCenter |
According to Allen Owings, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist, crepe myrtles don't always have to be pruned. He says that they are often "butchered" for no reason, often known as "crepe murder" and the tops are "loped off." This can cause them to be structurally weak and is more susceptible to fungus diseases such as powdery mildew. The best way to prune crepe myrtles is to take a look at them and see the branches that need to be pruned. "Examples of appropriate reasons for pruning include eliminating crossed and rubbing branches, removing low branches, removing weak, thin branches from the inner part of the tree, trimming off old seed pods, creating a shapelier tree and keeping suckers removed from the base of the trunk." For more on this topic, you can go to the LSU AgCenter article here.
Issues with Leaffooted Bugs
Soil Amendments
Reported Wednesday, December 19, 2018
We are sad to announce the passing of David Austin Senior on Tuesday. He died peacefully aged 92 at his home in Shropshire surrounded by family.
David Austin's firm has introduced over 190 rose cultivars and has four groups of roses including: the Old Rose Hybrids, the Leander Group, the English Musk Roses and the English Alba Hybrids.
We are sad to announce the passing of David Austin Senior on Tuesday. He died peacefully aged 92 at his home in Shropshire surrounded by family.
David Austin's firm has introduced over 190 rose cultivars and has four groups of roses including: the Old Rose Hybrids, the Leander Group, the English Musk Roses and the English Alba Hybrids.