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A rule of thumb when pruning is: “If it blooms in the spring, prune the plant soon after flowering; if it blooms in the summer, prune in the spring.”
An arborist pruning a tree near the Statue of Liberty. Pruning in an urban setting is crucial due to the tree being in drastically different conditions than where they naturally grow. [3] Arborists, orchardists, and gardeners use various garden tools and tree cutting tools designed for the purpose, such as secateurs, loppers, handsaws, or ...
Severe pruning — a.k.a. "coat racking" — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse.
Rhododendron arborescens, also known as smooth azalea [1] or sweet azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to the eastern seaboard of the United States. It grows to a height of 2.4–3 metres (8–10 ft). Generally blooming in late spring and early summer, the flowers range in color from white to pink with red ...
Hymenanthes, with approximately 225 species, and subgenus Rhododendron, with approx. 400 species, comprise what gardeners typically describe as "Rhododendrons." Two subgenera are generally known to gardeners as "Azaleas", and include many fewer true species: Pentanthera , which comprises the deciduous azaleas, and Tsutsusi , which includes ...
Rhododendron lochiae is a small shrub with glossy, elliptic leaves. In spring and summer it produces terminal clusters of waxy, red bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is about 5 cm (2.0 in) long and 3 cm (1.2 in) wide, and occurs in groups of up to six per cluster.
Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes is a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron , with a widespread distribution in the temperate Northern Hemisphere . The species are evergreen shrubs and small to medium-sized trees (up to 20 m tall), with medium-sized to large leaves (very large, over 40 cm long, in a few species).
Rhododendron japonicum, the Japanese azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A deciduous shrub reaching 8 ft (2.4 m) but usually half that, it is found in grasslands and open scrub, never in dense thickets or woodlands. [ 3 ]