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When winterizing you want to make sure you have trimmed all Shrubs, Grasses, Daylillies, Crape Myrtles, Flowers etc. back to an ideal height. Even though you are not seeing any growth in your plants foliage, the roots are still growing over winter. Pulling weeds, fertilizing, adding a type of pre-emergent grass killer and mulching heavily will not only help to keep your flower and shrub beds looking nice for the winter, it will keep roots from freezing and new grass from seeding in the upcoming spring. Although it may not look appealing, leaving some leaves in your landscape beds can help protect some of the more tender plants like mums, bulbs and small newly planted plants. Remember to drain all water hoses, soaker hoses, irrigation pipe and take all outdoor timers inside, this will prevent them form freezing. One more tip when winterizing, don’t forget to remove gas out of lawn equipment, grease all fittings, check lawn mower blades, remove excess weed-eater string, check filters and tires. Maintaining your landscape beds, hoses, and lawn equipment properly will keep plants happy, keep your equipment running longer and help you save money.

Article By Rose Harrington

In order for a plant to grow and thrive, it needs many different chemical elements, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are vital to a plants survival. Sulfur, calcium and magnesium are secondary nutrients plants need to thrive. Plants also need boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, and zinc. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, are three of the most important elements a plant needs and are generally found in most packaged fertilizers. Without nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium a plant can not live. Nitrogen is vital to the Earth and everything in it therefor, nothing can survive without it. Phosphorus is a very important mineral found in most living organisms. To much phosphorus can cause many problems with plants and other living organisms. Phosphorus is used in many other things like when lighting a match, fertilizer for plants and most electronics. Potassium is essential in maintaining proper health for any living organisms. Potassium is highly reactive and usually mixed with other minerals when used. A lack of potassium can cause many sever problems in living organisms, even death, therefor, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are three vital minerals to the Earth and all living organisms in it.

What is Fertilizer ?

The numbers on all fertilizer packages tell you a percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium found in each bag. For example 12-6-12 fertilizer has 12 percent nitrogen 6 percent phosphorus and 12 percent potassium in each bag. These days there are many different types of fertilizers and it is easy to over fertilize, therefor, selecting the right type of fertilizer for your plants can be difficult. Some fertilizers like Osmocote, Miracle Grow or Scotts have been around for years and are trusted by most home owners and nursery growers. Often times the fertilizers are made for the specific type of plants like fruits, vegetables, evergreens, blooming plants and lawns just to name a few. Always seeking a nursery or landscape specialist is a good idea if you are unsure what type of fertilizer to use on your gardens.

So Why Fertilize?

Plant survival is vital to the earth, every living thing feeds off another. As people we eat meat from animals and animals eat plants, insects, pollen and many other things, therefor, we need to do our part to insure plants grow and thrive. By planting new trees when they are cut down, planting vegetables, fruit, shrubs and flowers to give beauty to your home, oxygen to the air and food for our wildlife is another thing we can do to help mother nature.

Article By Rose Harrington

Its time to get the fall decoration in swing. From the cornstalks and hay bales to the Halloween candy. Soon we will see all of the trees and deciduous shrubs turn to a beautiful show of colors and drop there leaves for winter. Make sure you mulch heavily to properly maintain your shrub and flower beds for the fall and winter ahead, this will help protect your plants roots from any harsh winter freeze. You want to make sure you trim flowering shrubs, deciduous shrubs, flowers and trees in the fall, however some plants may need to be trimmed in different seasons. Always speak to a landscape professional or visit one of your local nurseries in your area if you are unsure what plants to trim in what season. Mums and Pansy’s always make great addition to any landscape or fall decoration and come all of the trendy fall colors.
Check out our big 2ft by 2ft Belgian mums for $8.00 and flats of pansy’s in any color for $14.00 to $18.00

By Rose Harrington

For the last 5 years Verona Caney Gardens and Roses Landscapes have joined together  to donate plants and time to the Relay For Life Cancer Society. The Relay for life  team works together for a very long time to get everything set up and make this event one of the best in Marshall County. The relay is a very emotional event that celebrates the life of people who have battled cancer and won and those who lost their lives to cancer. There are teams who camp out all night and do laps around the track . Each team is asked to  have at least one member on the track at all times during the night because cancer never sleeps. The relay honors the cancer survivors with  a Survivors Lap. This is a time where all the survivors can take there victory lap. They then join in with the caretakers, friends and family for a lap. The luminaria ceremony is a very emotional time for everyone, they cut all the lights off after dark and light candles in memory of a loved ones who have lost their lives to cancer. This is a beautiful and remarkable time and one of the many reasons to join in the Relay for life. There is good food, great people and a lifetime of memories. Each year the Relay has a different theme. This year was the western theme, we decorated with hay bales to show how hard and rough cancer can be and bandannas because so many cancer patents wear them. The Relay for Life has impacted so many lives and is a very special time for our community and friends. Designing, decorating and donating a little time and a few plants for the Relay every year gives us the chance to give back.