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Amaranthus                       Amaranthus spp.
Snowcup                              Anoda cristata
Prickly poppy                    Argemone spp.
Sweet wormwood             Artemsia annua
Spider flower                     Cleome hasslerana
Angel’s trumpet                Datura metel
Sunflower                             Helianthus annus
Summer cypress               Kochia scoparia
Tree mallow                        Lavatera trimestris
Castor bean                         Ricinus communis
Marigold                               T agetes spp.
Mexican sunflower           Tithonia rotundifolia

Proper pruning of ornamentals is one way to help keep your customers plants healthy and beautiful and a gardening encyclopedia is a must have for this type of work. The whole point of pruning is to stimulate new growth close to where the pruning cut was made. When pruning branches from a bush, don’t cut the branches so they are even with the rest of the bush, if you do you’ll soon be pruning again. Instead cut the branches back inside of the bush, this will cause fuller growth from inside the bush. Remember when pruning fruit or flowers, you should let the types of plants that you are dealing with determine your pruning schedule. In general, with a plant that blooms before May, you should prune just as soon as the blooms fade, if the plant blooms in the month of May or later in the year, these should be pruned in late February to early March before the start of the new growth in the spring. Early winter and fall is generally a bad time to prune, you will stimulate the plant to put out new growth and the cold weather will only damage it, and this is true for almost all plants. January thru the middle of the summer is a good time to prune plants that are grown only for their green foliage such as hollies and boxwoods.

A small number of shrubs can be rejuvenated by severe pruning. This method consists of cutting the whole plant down to just four to six inches from the ground. Usually only hollies, azaleas and camellias should have this done. With Boxwoods or Junipers, you should transplant them to a different location if possible, and never use this method on them, they do not tolerate it very well. Since crape myrtle trees flower in summer, prune them before new growth begins in the spring. Crape myrtles will tolerate heavy pruning. For a shrub-like crape myrtle, cut it to the ground so many new trunks can sprout. For a tree-like crape myrtle, thin branches for a more open look. Camellias only need pruning to maintain an attractive form. They may not need pruning every year. When you do prune camellias, prune fall and winter bloomers in March and spring bloomers after flowers have faded.

Its winter so lets refresh our memory

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De-thatching – When the clippings/bulk are purposely removed from the lawn so that the grass can receive water more easily and grow better.

Excelsior – Soft wood shavings for stuffing.

Flail Mowers – A type of mower where the blades are on a cylinder (as opposed to a disk with a regular mower,) and the blades rotate from top to bottom.

Floret – One of the small flowers forming the head of a plant.

Frost Heaving – A bulge in the ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist earth.

Fungicides – Substances that destroy fungi.

Glumes – The husk of grasses.

Grading – To make level or evenly sloping.

While trying to keep marketing costs down, don’t forget that it costs a lot more to get a new customer than it does to keep existing customers. Use e-mail and come up with a once or twice a month newsletter, you could have coupons and specials. The reason for using e-mail is costs. E-mail is almost free, printed material is not, also if you use printed materials, the post office or someone has to deliver them..