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Invasive Plants - Know Them, Don't Grow Them |
What are invasive plants?
These non-native plant species are overachievers. Once established in natural areas, they out compete native species. Invasive plants cause profound environmental and economic damage, and are a major threat to native habitats worldwide. Some invasives have escaped from our home gardens and public plantings into natural areas. Each state has different problematic plants. |
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Pruning: What is it and Why do it? |
| Pruning involves the selective removal of specific parts of a plant for the benefit of the whole plant. Pruning can dwarf a plant, make it grow taller, open the canopy or make it denser. Pruning should be viewed as routine maintenance of the tree rather than a remedial correction of long neglected problems. (Info taken from Cornell University Coop Extension) |
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Terrascapes’ would ultimately like to convince you to GET RID of your lawn if you don’t have children that need an open space to play. And unless you enjoy taking the time to cultivate your beautiful green lawn in a natural way it is, in our opinion, better to replace lawn with shrubs and/or beautiful groundcovers that won’t take up your precious time.
However, we realize there are many of you that LOVE your lawns and find much solace in caring for those patches of green velvet so here are some helpful, natural tips to keeping your lawns looking green and super year round. |
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Choosing the perfect tree or shrub can be a challenge, but it doesn’t need to be. There are two major considerations: Selecting the species of plant that will best suit the site and choosing the best available specimen once the species has been selected. |
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