Posts Tagged ‘pruning’

How to Prune Grapes

How to Prune Grapes

Pruning grapes makes or breaks the look of a vineyard.  If left to their own, grapes will take over a fence or bushes and look wild.  When grapes are left wild, they do not produce as many grapes as if they were pruned every year.  Pruning grapes is not hard, but takes a little work.  [...]


Goumi Eleagnus, Sweet Scarlet Goumi

Goumi Eleagnus, Sweet Scarlet Goumi

Latin Name: Goumi Eleagnus, , Sweet Scarlet Goumi, Elaeagnus multiflora Water Equipments: Drought tolerant once established. Light Requirements: Full Sun For a Complete List of Other Perennial Vegetables and how to grow them, Click here For more Information on Natural Pest Control on Goumi Eleagnus, Click here For more Information on Natural Preventive Pest Suppression [...]


California Wild Lilac – Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’

California Wild Lilac - Ceanothus 'Dark Star'

Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’  This is a California native plant.  It is best planted next to a Western Red bud for great Spring color.  The bush needs to be trimmed back hard, yearly to prevent the bush looking woody and straggly.  California Lilacs, or Ceanothus, are some of our most fragrant and colorful shrubs here in [...]


Pruning & Pruning Videos

Gardening Rhythms: Disposing/Chipping/Reusing Pruned Limbs Gardening Rhythms: Winter Pruning Roses Gardening Rhythms: How to Use a Chain Saw on Large Branches Gardening Rhythms: Pruning Grape Vines