Tidewater Gardening

from Tidewater Times April 2023

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and can be set back for several weeks after being transplanted. Plants not yet in bloom will actually bloom sooner, be better established and grow faster than flowering transplants. As with warm-season vegetables, you might want to wait before planting tender annual flowers in the landscape.

the roots to see if they have a nice white healthy appearance.

Also look for plants with lots of unopened buds. Plants that bloom in the pack are often root bound

April is the perfect month to plant cool-season pansies. A number of newer varieties have heat tolerance bred into them and can last through June. You can brighten up your front door with pots of transplanted pansies or place them in outdoor beds as soon as the soil can be worked. Purchase large plants that will give a good show before hot weather arrives.

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back. This includes cutting back the “rat tails” on yews. If you want to keep needled pines and other whorl-branched conifers bushy instead of tall, pinch the candles at the end of the branches in half. This will cause the plants to branch out instead. Pinching by hand is recommended, as the use of pruning shears will leave the needles with brown tips.

Happy Gardening!!

In the pruning department, you can prune out the water sprouts and sucker growths in crabapples and other spring-flowering trees. You can also prune needled evergreens now if they need to be cut

Marc Teffeau retired as Director of Research and Regulatory Affairs at the American Nursery and Landscape Association in Washington, D.C. He now lives in Georgia with his wife, Linda.

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