Never under estimate where you might find great organic mulch around your house. The decaying leaf matter in your gutters can be spread around your shrubs to provide them a rich food source.
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Gutter Mulch
Posted in Around Your Neighborhood, tagged Ballentyne trees, Boxwood care Charlotte, Charlotte tree and shrub care, Myers Park Trees, Shrub and tree care Charlotte, Shrub Doctor Charlotte, Sustainable landscaping, Sustainable organic shrub care on January 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Organic Compost in Your Landscape
Posted in Around Your Neighborhood, tagged Ballentyne trees, Boxwood care Charlotte, Charlotte shrub care, Charlotte tree and shrub care, Charlotte tree health, Charlotte trees on December 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Many of our customers don’t realize they have rich organic compost right on their property. Shrub Doctor always recommends planting shrubs with a 50/50 blend of clay soil from the planting hole with good organic matter. Most customers run to the home improvement store and purchase expensive bagged compost for their planting projects. Shrub Doctor recently went to the wooded area of a customer’s landscape and retrieved a full wheel barrow load of super rich compost. The customer had no idea it was there. If you have a wooded area on your property, brush back the leaves and harvest the decaying matter below them. You will usually have about an inch of rich organic soil right at your fingertips. Brush the leaves back over the area and return next year for another harvest of compost. Call Shrub Doctor today for more tips about a healthier landscape, and ask us more about how our 100% organic shrub and tree fertilization programs for your shrubs and ornamental trees. Call 1-888-2GO-Organic today. (1-888-246-6742).
Curbside Azalea
Posted in Around Your Neighborhood, tagged Boxwood care Charlotte, Camellia leaf gall, certified arborist charlotte, Certified ISA arborist, Charlotte arborist, Charlotte azaleas, Charlotte shrub care, Charlotte tree and shrub care, Diseases of shrubs, Fire azalea on April 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
About two years ago I found several azaleas thrown into a pile by the side of the road. They were all very weak and drying out. I took about 10 of them home and repotted them. Since then I have given them all away but this one. After only a few seasons this azalea is doing great. No one would ever know it was a shrub that was saved from the landfill. M. Tally.
Protect Your Shrubs From Snow Damage
Posted in Around Your Neighborhood, tagged Boxwood care Charlotte, Charlotte Ice Storm, Charlotte shrub care, English boxwoods, Protecting winter plants, Shrub and tree care Charlotte on February 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Last night’s snow heavily weighed down the limbs of my trees and shrubs. Here is an example of a boxwood shrub that is spread open by the snow. Heavy snow can severely damage your shrubs unless you take preventative action prior to the storm. In the following images you will see how I covered my prize 55 year old english boxwood prior to the snow and how it looked after being protected in its cozy cacoon.
The Doctor's In! 