Cutting Back Shrubs
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How-ToWinter is Best Time for Rejuvenation Pruning in the Mid-Atlantic
While a light hand is apropos for many pruning jobs, sometimes a judicious but heavy hand is needed. Rejuvenation pruning is a heavy-handed but efficient method to bring overlooked, overgrown,…
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DesignHow to Make Changes to an Overgrown Garden
Twenty years ago, I began to create a long flower border against an old stone wall that runs along the west side of our 1760s Cape Cod–style house. Big skies,…
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How-ToWhat Is Coppicing, and How Is It Done?
Coppicing is an age-old practice in which a tree or shrub is cut to the ground or almost to the ground. This severe cutback stimulates the root system to produce…
Fine Gardening Magazine
Fine Gardening – Issue 217
