Different Kinds of Hydrangeas and Trimming Recommendations
Annie in Jackson asks, “my question is, in 2023, at your nursery on Portage, I bought two hydrangeas. One is a Bobo and the other one is a Lil' Quick Fire. One of your [...]
Tree of Heaven and Lanternflies in November
So, let's turn our attention to the spotted lanternfly. What's the status here in Ohio? This is going to be something we're going to have to deal with. I think it's a bigger concern [...]
Norway Spruces, Arbs, and Watering Before Winter
Norway spruce are one of the fastest growing of all the spruce varieties. It will get about 50 foot tall, probably 20 foot wide. So it's a large tree, but it can be used [...]
Best Time to Split a Hydrangea and How to Do it
I have this email from Colleen who says, Our hydrangea plant has split into two plants, and I would like to transplant part of it. When is the best time to transplant it, and [...]
Hard Pruning a 60 Year Old Rose of Sharon to See the House
We've got Ann from Canton, “I have some Roses of Sharon growing on the east side of my house. They're about 60 years old. They're a whole bank of them. They're very tall, and [...]
Fertilizing Hybrid Tea Roses Up Until Frost
Tom in Massillon asks, “My hybrid tea roses aren't doing well, and aren't blooming well this year. Would it help to put the Jack's Bloom Booster on every couple days instead of once a [...]
Best Time to Prune a Climbing Hydrangea
Sandy in Canton says, “I'd like some information about my climbing hydrangea. It's healthy. I don't know how to prune it and when to prune it. Just those long branches that come up.” This [...]
Keeping Boston Ferns Indoors Over the Winter
It's Sue from Canton, “Hi. I'd like to ask you, is there any good way of keeping ferns over the winter? I mean, my Boston ferns, I know it's been bad for everything else [...]
Trimming Redbud & Hydrangea, & Killing Off Grass in Pachysandra
It's Ed from Canton. “I have several questions, if you don't mind. I have an eastern redbud, and it had some lower branches on it. Can I trim those off now, or can I [...]
Best Ways to Water Large Established Plants
Here's Kay in Canton, she asks, “my question is, I've got the fire bushes and butterfly shrubs, shrubbery that I know needs water, and I just want to know how much to water it. [...]