Paul Cappiello
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How-ToPotential Sources of Trouble for Your Japanese Maple
Although Japanese maples are generally easy-care plants, it is worth the effort to site them properly, monitor them regularly, and provide the best possible soil conditions. These precautions can help…
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How-ToAn Easy Approach to Pruning Japanese Maples
The first trees appeared on earth about 400 million years ago, and they did just fine for many millennia before humans arrived on the scene. So before we get all…
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DesignThe Best Dogwoods for Your Garden
The fastest way to start a horticultural food fight is to lock eight plant geeks in a room and ask a simple question: “What’s the best dogwood out there?” Even…
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How-ToDealing with Dogwood Diseases
Like many woody plants, dogwoods can be afflicted by disease. Fortunately, when correctly identified, most diseases can be treated with little fuss. See The Best Dogwoods for Your Garden. Powdery…
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DesignA Closer Look at Root Washing
Earlier this year we published a piece on root washing (“Healthy Garden,” January/February 2020), the practice of removing all the soil from a containerized or balled-and-burlapped (B&B) plant prior to…
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DesignThink of This Beauty as the Perennial Cousin of Daphne
Name: Himalayan stellera (Stellera chamaejasme) Zones: 4–8 Size: 15 to 18 inches tall and wide Conditions: Full sun; well-drained soil Native range: Northern China and Tibet This is a bona…
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DesignShow-Stopping Shrubs
Show-stopping shrubs—you know the kind. You’re leading a group of friends around the garden, and they’re politely following you with gin and tonic in hand, oooing and aaahing in slightly…
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DesignHow to Tell if a Shrub Is a Show-Stopper
To some gardeners, in order for a plant to reach show-stopper status it has to do everything—continuously—for 12 months of the year. Think spring blooms of a Himalayan magnolia (Magnolia…
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How-ToThe Science of Pruning
Pruning is a pretty darned big, and sometimes complicated, topic. Even narrowing it down to the science part and leaving out the artsy stuff still leaves a lot to learn.…
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How-ToHow to Prune the Tricky Shrubs
Even seasoned gardeners scratch their head when it comes to cutting back these tricky shrubs
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