What's Coming Up 50: Magnolia, new tree care, growth rate, groundcover

Download to read this issue

Magnolia: Don't scale back new tree's care, pages 1-2

Tree care in inches and years: Measure to interpret annual growth rate of branches (Pages 3-4 and excerpt below).

Loving and loathing lady beetles
    Download to read this issue

Hornworms for the birds

Groundcover: The winner is...

Expert leapfrog from beetle to bird

Cuts continue, brown and white

Mystery plant and mystery knee!

 

Did you come here to this page by doing a Search?
In this issue you will find answers to these Search terms:

WU50GrowthRateExcrpt.jpg

adjusting plant supports
aggressive
animals
better photographs
brown
cardinals
cessation of growth
coexistence
compatible energy levels
crown die-back, dieback
decline
determine annual growth rate, determine normal growth rate
dieback
discolored leaves
dominance
drought
evergreen wins
extreme weather
gray bumps on twigs
ground cover, groundcover
growth rate of tree
handpicking tomato hornworms
healthy trees
height wins
hose spray
insects, insect damage
keep cutting
lady bugs, ladybugs, lady beetles Download to read this issue
larger trunk means longer care, larger tree takes longer to establish
leaf chewers
lost year
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia scale
Magnolias
Manual scale removal
mid-August scale control
mildewed
moisture
multi-colored lady beetle, multicolored Asian ladybug
natural predators
nature walks
neglect
new generation emergence
net tree care
notice the unusual
oil application before budbreak, bud break
one inch diameter tree trunk equals one year's care
oriental lady bug control, Asian ladybug, Asian lady beetle
pleasing contrasts in design
plugged breathing pores
predators
problem control, problems
quilt planting groundcover
reserves
root growth
root-leaf equilibrium, leaf needed to produce root
sap sucking, sapsucker
scale insects, scale spread by birds
scrape with rubber spatula
site
smaller tree establishes more quickly than large
smother with horticultural oil
spores on foliage
thin shells
trouble free years
trunk diameter
uneven growth
veggie garden, vegetable garden
water, water supply
wood wins, woody groundcover wins

Many thanks to Sponsor Judy Jacobs, who provided key words so our Search would "See into" this pdf-format issue. With the generous help ofgardening friends, this website grows!

Read