Know it or Grow it

  • Allow flowering shrubs to bloom before pruning
    By George Bonnema, Luverne Horticulturalist
    March 22, 2022
    Last week I encouraged you to get started cleaning up and pruning your landscape. There are a few plants that I do not want you to prune now. This list includes all forms of lilacs, weigela, forsythia, spring-blooming spirea, mock orange, azaleas, and rhododendron. All of these shrubs have their flower buds formed in the buds of new growth, and any pruning now will remove potential flowers. For…
  • Get ready for pruning as winter loosens its grip; class offered April 23
    By George Bonnema, Luverne Horticulturalist
    April 09, 2019
    A couple of perfect spring days have convinced me that we are on the backside of winter so here I am again, telling you to get to work outside to keep your landscape looking great.  The one plant that is first on the list to get cut back is Karl Forster grass.  This is a cool season grass that starts growing really early in spring. You will already see several inches of new green grass blades…
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