Heaving can literally lift shallow-rooted plants out of the ground, exposing the tender crowns to freezing temperatures. Other plants weather the cold above ground. Broadleaf evergreens, those staples ...
Take these steps to protect your garden. Winter in the South can be hard on plants. Fluctuating temperatures, sporadic freezes, and winter winds all take their toll on the garden. Some plants need ...
Weeds can be controlled mechanically by mowing, culturally with good grazing management, or chemically with herbicides. Most poisonous plants are broadleaf plants or woody species. For general ...
For the broadleaf plant, the shallow planting has less impact as the root system forms below the seed. Second, here on the Great Plains, grasses can better survive our rainfall patterns since most ...
First, there is not one type of evergreen. Conifers, or cone-bearing woody plants, are what we typically think of when talking about plants being evergreen. However, the deciding factor is the native ...
"2.4-D is a herbicide that controls broadleaf plants. So it's used for brambles, blackberry, and any broadleaf weed in a cereal crop [like wheat] because cereal crops are grasses, so 2.4-D doesn't ...