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2. When to Stop Pruning Plants for the Season, According to ...

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   “Deciduous trees are best pruned just as the new growth is emerging in late winter/early spring,” he continues, adding that evergreen trees are best pruned either in late winter/early spring ...

3. To rake, or not to rake? What to do with the leaves in your ...

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   As fall foliage reaches its peak and begins to fade across most of the United States, trees are shedding their leaves in preparation for winter. This annual event poses a common question for ...

4. Why Your Rhododendron's Leaves Are Rolling Up and Wilting ...

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   Droopy or curled up foliage on this shrub is a sure sign your plant isn't happy. Here's how to diagnose and correct the problem.

5. Pruning - Wikipedia

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   Pruning is a horticultural, arboricultural, and silvicultural practice involving the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots. The practice entails the targeted removal of diseased , damaged, dead, non-productive, structurally unsound, or otherwise unwanted plant material from crop and landscape plants .

6. Thermotropism - Wikipedia

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   A common example is the curling of Rhododendron leaves in response to cold temperatures. Mimosa pudica also show thermotropism by the collapsing of leaf petioles leading to the folding of leaflets, when temperature drops. [1] The term "thermotropism" was originated by French botanist Philippe Van Tieghem in his 1884 textbook Traité de ...

7. Abscission - Wikipedia

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   Annual autumn leaf drop in temperate zones is caused by the abscission of the mature leaves from the growth season in response to the approach of cold winter weather. Abscission (from Latin ab- 'away' and scindere 'to cut') is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed.

8. When Is It Too Late to Prune Roses Before Winter?

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   Stop pruning and deadheading your roses in the beginning of September to allow the rose time to prepare for winter. Fall. Do not prune in fall. Instead, watch for rose hips to form. These fruiting ...

9. Cladoptosis - Wikipedia

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   Cladoptosis is thought to have three possible functions: self-pruning (i.e. programmed plant senescence), drought response (characteristic of xerophytes) and liana defence. Self-pruning is the shedding of branches that are shaded or diseased, which are potentially a drain on the resources of the tree.